The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
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The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
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In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.
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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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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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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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Know what you are talking about.
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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
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