Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFreedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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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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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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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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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
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I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
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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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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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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
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