Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
POPE JOHN PAUL IILove is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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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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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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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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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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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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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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