Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIIn my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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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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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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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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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.
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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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The 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.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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