We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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In the depths of the human soul… the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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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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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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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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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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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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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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