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 IIThe most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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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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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment.
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What 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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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
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The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
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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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