The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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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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It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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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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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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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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Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
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