It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions of misery at the very lowest level of subsistence.
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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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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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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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.
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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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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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Another name for peace is development.
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Know what you are talking about.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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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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