Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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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 sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
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I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
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The future starts today, not tomorrow.
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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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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.
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Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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