Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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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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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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Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.
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The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man.
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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
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