And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIGod made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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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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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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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 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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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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