In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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Know what you are talking about.
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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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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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True living is not found in one’s self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created everything that is good, true, and beautiful in the world. True living is found in God and you discover God in the person of Jesus Christ.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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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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The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
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