The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWhat really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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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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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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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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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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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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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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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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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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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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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
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