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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIChristians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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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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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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