Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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 most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
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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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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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Another name for peace is development.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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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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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.
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