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.’
POPE JOHN PAUL IIRadical 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
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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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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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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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Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
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