The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFrom 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!
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
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The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.
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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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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
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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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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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