Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.
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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.
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Another name for peace is development.
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What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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