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Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.

Pope John Paul II

Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Faith Greatness Inspiration
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Civilization Hands Heart Uplifting
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Church Lover Religion
None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Humanity Mosaics Pieces
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Heart Law Men
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

Beautiful Jesus Living Self True
It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Challenges Inspire Levels
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Maturity Men Work
The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Generosity Measure Success
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
The greatness of work is inside man.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Greatness Inside Man Men
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Hatred Passion Struggle
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

God Relationship Want
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!
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Gone Son Surrender
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Faith Father Jesus
Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Caring Effort September

Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.

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