There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIToday, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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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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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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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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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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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
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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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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
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From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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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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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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