Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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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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The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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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?
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The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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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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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
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