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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.

Pope John Paul II

And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Spirit Suffering
Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Children Jesus Theologian
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Art Men Tasks
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Desire Prayer Sacrifice
A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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Hope Nations People Without
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Compatriots Home Kissing Mother
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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Catholic Silly Stupidity
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Communication Men Religious
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Christian Compassion Pain
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Faith Inspiration
What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Baptism Done Prayer
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 II

Lying Mean School
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Faith Family Inspiration
The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Christian Suffering
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Errors Science
The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Children Race Years

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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