The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIBe demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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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.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Know what you are talking about.
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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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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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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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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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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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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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