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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 II

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Beloved Brother Way
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Action Catholic Soul
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Choices Conscious Humanity
Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Mean Pleasure Way
What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Life Love Religious
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 Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Grace Priceless Treasure
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Peace Problem War
It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Challenges Inspire Levels
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Hatred Passion Struggle
Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Men Sovereign Way
Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Men Suffering
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Atheist Culture Giving
From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Gone Son Surrender
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
There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Fairness Justice Peace

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.’

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