Pope John Paul II Quotes - Page 5

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• In order to see Jesus, we first need to let him look at us!

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  Jesus, Order, Needs

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• The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.

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  Art, Purpose, Spirit

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• Know what you are talking about.

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  Knowledge, Knowing Jesus, Talking

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• Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.

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  Mother, Hands, Grace

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• When Sunday loses its fundamental meaning and becomes subordinate to a secular concept of weekend dominated by such things as entertainment and sport, people stay locked within a horizon so narrow that they can no longer see the heavens.

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  Sports, Sunday, Weekend

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• Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority, nationalism and ethnic exclusivism. No less pernicious, though not always as obvious, are the effects of materialistic consumerism, in which the exaltation of the individual and the selfish satisfaction of personal aspirations become the ultimate goal of life. In this outlook, the negative effects on others are considered completely irrelevant.

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  Selfish, Eye, Goal

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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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  Christian, Catholic, Suffering

  Pope John Paul II (1998). “In my own words”

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• We can pray perfectly when we are out in the mountains or on a lake and we feel at one with nature. Nature speaks for us or rather speaks to us. We pray perfectly.

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  Prayer, Lakes, Mountain

  Pope John Paul II (1995). “The Way of Prayer”, Crossroad Classic

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• Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.

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  Inspirational, Trust, Betrayal

  "Apostolic Exhortation, the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World: Familiaris Consortio".

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• To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

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  Family, Children, Home

  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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• You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.

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  Strong, Brother, Catholic

  Pope John Paul II (1979). “Pilgrim to Poland”

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• The family, as the fundamental and essential educating community, is the privileged means for transmitting the religious and cultural values which help the person to acquire his or her own identity. Founded on love and open to the gift of life, the family contains in itself the very future of society; its most special task is to contribute effectively to a future of peace.

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  Religious, Mean, Community

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• Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

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  Peace, War, Men

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• The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family... The family is placed at the center of the great struggle between good and evil, between life and death, between love and all that is opposed to love.

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  Faith, Struggle, Inspiration

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• May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

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  Looks, May, Christ

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• Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

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  Men, Treasure, Talent

  Pope John Paul II (1996). “The Encyclicals of John Paul II”, Our Sunday Visitor (IN)

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• Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not clearly tell you so. For it was Jesus - our Jesus himself - who said: 'You are my friends if you do what I command you'. Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the will of God. It means discipline and sacrifice, but it also means joy and human fulfilment.

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  Love, Christian, Real

  "Pilgrimage of peace: the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States".

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• Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

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  Mother, Path, Spirit

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• My desire is for the young people of the entire world to come closer to Mary. She is the bearer of an indelible youthfulness and beauty that never wanes. May young people have increasing confidence in her and may they entrust their lives to her.

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  People, Desire, World

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• Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them "explorers", whose mission is to leave no stone unturned, though the temptation to doubt is always there. Leaning on God, they continue to reach out, always and everywhere, for all that is beautiful, good, and true.

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  Beautiful, Faith, Inspiration

  Pope John Paul II (1998). “Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason”

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• Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better.

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  Thinking, Humanity

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• Holiness is not reserved for a small number of exceptional persons. It is for everyone. It is the Lord who brings us to holiness when we are willing to collaborate in the salvation of the world for the glory of God, despite our sin and our sometimes rebellious temperament.

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  Small Numbers, World, Holiness

  Pope John Paul II (2012). “A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World”, p.261, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Love of Christ does not distract us from interest in others, but rather invites us to responsibility for them, to the exclusion of no one….

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  Responsibility, Catholic, Doe

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• Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.

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  Order, Humanity, Actors

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• Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.

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  Christ, Risking Your Life, Capable

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