To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIAn important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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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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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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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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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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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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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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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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An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
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