God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIMay the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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The future starts today, not tomorrow.
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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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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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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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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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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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Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
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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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Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
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How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.
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