The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
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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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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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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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Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
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Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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