Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWe are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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To reach peace, teach peace.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow be considered a danger to free society.
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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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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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Know what you are talking about.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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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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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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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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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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