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 IIThe 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.’
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
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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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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.
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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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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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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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