Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITake 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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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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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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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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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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