The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThis is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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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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Another name for peace is development.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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In the Eucharistic Sacrifice the Church venerates the memory of Mary the ever Virgin Mother of God and the memory of Saint Joseph, because he fed Him whom the faithful must eat as the Bread of Life
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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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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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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