Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIMan must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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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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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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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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In the depths of the human soul… the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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