[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIMan’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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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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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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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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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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
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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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