Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
POPE JOHN PAUL IINone of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
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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 historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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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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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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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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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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Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
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The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
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