Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITruth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
POPE JOHN PAUL IILife is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIMarriage 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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIHave 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 IIThe fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIHow beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
POPE JOHN PAUL III hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFrom now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Family that prays together, stays together.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIArtistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIChrist remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIAmongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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