The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIEach man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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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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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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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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I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.
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