The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
POPE JOHN PAUL IIHands are the heart’s landscape.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
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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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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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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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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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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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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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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.
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Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
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