Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIKnow what you are talking about.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
-
-
Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
In 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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
POPE JOHN PAUL II