Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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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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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 ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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