The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIGod passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
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The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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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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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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