Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThose 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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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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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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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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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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In the depths of the human soul… the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
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Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon. Do not go from the slavery of the Communist regime to the slavery of consumerism.
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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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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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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