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• Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

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  Justice, Violence, Social

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• The animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren. All animals are fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect and they are as near to God as men are.

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  Animal, Men, Creative

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• The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: 'The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.

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  Heart, Horizon, Today

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• Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape.

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  Disappointment, Attitude, Responsibility

  Pope John Paul II (1980). “Pilgrimage of peace: the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States”, HarperCollins

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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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  Children, School, Parent

  Pope John Paul II, J. Michael Miller (1998). “The Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortations of John Paul II”, p.187, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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• Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.

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  Light, Rosary, Scripture

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• I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church's energies to a new evangelization... No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.

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  Church, Energy, Moments

  Pope John Paul II (1991). “Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Missio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II on the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate”

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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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  Love, Life, Husband

  Pope John Paul II, Tony Castle (1987). “The light of Christ: meditations for every day of the year”, Crossroad Pub Co

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• Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

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  War, Catholic, Absence

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• I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.

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  Song, Sweet, Catholic

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Mean

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• We must open our eyes to admire God who hides and at the same time reveals himself in things and introduces us into the realms of mystery... we must be pure and simple like children, capable of admiring, being astonished, of marveling, and being enchanted by the divine gestures of love and closeness we witness.

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  Faith, Children, Inspiration

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• Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred, oppression and disunity, but not by using methods of violence. Building peace requires creative and courageous action

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  Struggle, Mean, Evil

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• Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

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  Peace, Lasts, Chance

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• There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice

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  Love, Christian, Sacrifice

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• St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.

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  Men, Care, May

  Pope John Paul II (1981). “Apostolic Exhortation, the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World: Familiaris Consortio”

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• The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

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  Family, Lying, Selfish

  Pope John Paul II (1984). “John Paul II and the Laity”, Le Jacq Pub

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• The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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  Love, Inspirational, Hate

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• Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.

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  Catholic, Eucharistic

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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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  Christian, Pain, Compassion

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• Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.

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  Mercy Of God, Mercy, Source

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• Around the world, we can see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Today, all men have a duty to show themselves worthy of the mission given them by the Creator by ensuring the safekeeping of that creation.

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  Men, Generations, World

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• This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.

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  Order, Challenges, Routine

  Pope John Paul II (2003). “Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love”, p.47, Loyola Press

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• A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.

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  Use, Treated, Persons

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• Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.

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  Spiritual, Prayer, Heart

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