The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThis is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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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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This 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.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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The 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.
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War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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Know what you are talking about.
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