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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.’
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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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?
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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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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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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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.
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Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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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.
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