A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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We 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.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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Christians, 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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May Mary, who in the freedom of her ‘Fiat’ and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
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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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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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