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The 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.

Pope John Paul II

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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Men Talent Treasure
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
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Art Talent Waste
From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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Gone Son Surrender
Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
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Anniversary Family Love
Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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Healing Kindness Light
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Country Punishment World
The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Blessed Earth Way
Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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God Relationship Want
All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Communication Culture Humans
Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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Grace Hands Mother
Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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Dedication Heart People
Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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Artist Beauty Talent
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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Maturity Men Work
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
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Action Catholic Soul
Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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Beyond Faith Ourselves
The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Christian Holy Eucharist Thursday
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.
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Heart Horizon Today
Know what you are talking about.
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Jesus Knowing Knowledge Talking
Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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Host Sacred World
Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
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Catholic Eye Suffering
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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Evil Jesus Prayer
The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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Church Eucharist Heart
Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
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Itself Prevail Virtue
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
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Hatred Passion Struggle
Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.
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Children Parent School
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
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Children Family Home
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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Prayer Rosary Simplicity

The 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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