…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIAre you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment.
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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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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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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
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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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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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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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