The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFreedom exists for the sake of love.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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 question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with 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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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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I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.
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The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
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Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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