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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?

Pope John Paul II

Prayer, Baptism, Done

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The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease

Pope John Paul II

Jesus, Waiting, Church

Pope John Paul II (1994). “Letters to My Brother Priests”, Midwest Theological Forum

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You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives of unborn babies, giving real help and encouragement to mothers in difficult situations. You are called to work and pray against abortion.

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Mother, Baby, Encouragement

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War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II

War, Past, Catholic

Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.

Pope John Paul II

Beauty, Artist, Talent

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And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.

Pope John Paul II

Catholic, Suffering, Spirit

Pope John Paul II (2007). “Pope John Paul II: A Reader”

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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.

Pope John Paul II

Men, Catholic, Suffering

Pope John Paul II, Carlos Rodríguez, John Troy (1993). “Visit of Pope John Paul II to Uganda: 5th to 10th February, 1993 : Gulu, Kasese, Soroti”

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We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam. I would like to repeat what I said to young Muslims some years ago in Casablanca: 'We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.

Pope John Paul II

Christian, Religious, Believe

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Everybody that is just is called to form part of the Kingdom of Heaven-whether they be Buddhas, Jews, or Atheists-as long as they are good.

Pope John Paul II

Religious, Atheist, Long

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Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be ever more open to listening and accepting your Word. May they draw from the Eucharist a renewed commitment to spreading in society, by the proclamation of your Gospel, the signs and deeds of an attentive and active charity

Pope John Paul II

Christian, Jesus, Commitment

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Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is with you: be not afraid!

Pope John Paul II

Determination, Commitment, Abortion

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Deep within yourself, listen to your conscience which calls you to be pure...a home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure which burns quickly like a pile of withered grass. Passing encounters are only a caricature of love; they injure hearts and mock God's plan.

Pope John Paul II

Home, Heart, Fire

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Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being.

Pope John Paul II

Freedom, Justice, Expectations

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God has, in fact, thought of us from eternity and has loved us as unique individuals. He has called every one of us by name, as the Good Shepherd 'calls His sheep by name.'

Pope John Paul II

Unique, Sheep, Names

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In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole planet that has come under threat. This fact should compel everyone to face a basic moral consideration; from now on, it is only through a conscious choice and then deliberate policy that humanity will survive.

Pope John Paul II

Inspiring, Country, Past

Pope John Paul II (1981). “The Far East Journey of Peace and Brotherhood”, Pauline Books & Media

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Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare - whether nuclear or not - makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II

War, Mean, Past

Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

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Love the family! Defend and promote it as the basic cell of human
society; nurture it as the prime sanctuary of life. Give great care to the
preparation of engaged couples and be close to young married couples, so
that they will be for their children and the whole community an eloquent
testimony of God's love.

Pope John Paul II

Marriage, Children, Couple

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Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth- in a word, to know himself- so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.

Pope John Paul II

Faith, Inspiration, Heart

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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Mary's role is to make Her Son Shine

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Son, Shining, Roles

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When man turns his back on the Creator's plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.

Pope John Paul II

Men, Order, Peace With God

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

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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.

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Important, Life Is, Christ

Pope John Paul II (2013). “Crossing the Threshold of Hope”, p.126, Knopf

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Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.

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Christ, Invisible, God Is With Us

Pope John Paul II (2013). “Crossing the Threshold of Hope”, p.7, Knopf

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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.

Pope John Paul II

Running, Jesus, Believe

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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.

Pope John Paul II

Christian, School, People

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Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it.

Pope John Paul II

Love, Faith, Inspiration

Pope John Paul II, J. Michael Miller (1998). “The Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortations of John Paul II”, p.163, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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Born: May 18, 1920
Died: April 2, 2005
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