Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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Look, I can surely say by now that I’ve got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
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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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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
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How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.
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You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives of unborn babies, giving real help and encouragement to mothers in difficult situations. You are called to work and pray against abortion.
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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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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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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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