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Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.

Pope John Paul II

When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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God Men Order Peace
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Men Talent Treasure
To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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Faith Inspiration Tasks
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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Environmental Pattern Profound
In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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Child Children Family Newborn
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.
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Christian Compassion Pain
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.
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Lying Mean School
Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
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Catholic Eye Suffering
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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Beautiful Jesus Living Self True
The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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Catholic Christian Suffering
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Faith Inspiration Love
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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Church Lover Religion
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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Commitment Mean Self
Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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Football Important Subject
The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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Christian Forever Love
The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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Faith Inspiration Responsibility

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