An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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.
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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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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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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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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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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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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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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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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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.
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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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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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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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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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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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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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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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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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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution of matter reducible to pure chance and necessity.
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