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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIForgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
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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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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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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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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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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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