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True living is not found in one’s self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created everything that is good, true, and beautiful in the world. True living is found in God and you discover God in the person of Jesus Christ.

Pope John Paul II

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Family Independence Lying Selfish
A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Hope Nations People Without
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Dark Prayer Profound
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Peace Problem War
In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Coincidence Design
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Church Lover Religion
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Confidence Godly Moving
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Attitude Consists Freedom Ought
All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Communication Culture Humans
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Silly Stupidity
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Men Sacrifice Self
Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Country Example People Responsibility
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Economic Tests Workers
How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Heart Life Men Productive
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Darkness Tired World
The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Church Counter Cultural

True living is not found in one’s self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created everything that is good, true, and beautiful in the world. True living is found in God and you discover God in the person of Jesus Christ.

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True living is not found in one’s self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created everything that is good, true, and beautiful in the world. True living is found in God and you discover God in the person of Jesus Christ.

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