Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWe are the sum of the Father’s love for us
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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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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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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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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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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May Mary, who in the freedom of her ‘Fiat’ and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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