The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThose 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.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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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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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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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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The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man.
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