The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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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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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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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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