From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITo believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
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Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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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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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
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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.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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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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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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In the Eucharistic Sacrifice the Church venerates the memory of Mary the ever Virgin Mother of God and the memory of Saint Joseph, because he fed Him whom the faithful must eat as the Bread of Life
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The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
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