God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIGod is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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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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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.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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