Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe future starts today, not tomorrow.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
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Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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