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 IIThere is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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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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An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
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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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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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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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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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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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