How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
-
-
Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
POPE JOHN PAUL II