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.
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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Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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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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The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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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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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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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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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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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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