For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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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.
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I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
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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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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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