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 IIFurthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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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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The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
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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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Wars 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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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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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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This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
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