The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe greatness of work is inside man.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
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In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
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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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This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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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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Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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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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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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