Pope John Paul II Quotes - Page 9

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• It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Inspiration, Long

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• If the aim is globalization without marginalization, we can no longer tolerate a world in which there live side by side the immensely rich and the miserably poor, the have-nots deprived even of essentials and people who thoughtlessly waste what others so desperately need. Such countries are an affront to the dignity of the human person. He further said, Ethics demand that systems be attuned to the needs of man, and not that man be sacrificed for the sake of the system.

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  Country, Men, People

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• The world looks to the priest, because it looks to Jesus! No one can see Christ; but everyone sees the priest, and through him they wish to catch a glimpse of the Lord! Immense is the grandeur of the Lord! Immense is the grandeur and dignity of the priest!

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  Jesus, Wish, Glimpse

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• God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation... Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Blood

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• True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom proclaims a kind of general amorality. It is a caricature of freedom to claim that people are free to organize their lives with no reference to moral values, and to say that society does not have to ensure the protection and advancement of ethical values. Such an attitude is destructive of freedom and peace.

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  Peace, Attitude, Names

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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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  Responsibility, Facts, Moral

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• True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.

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  Lying, Mean, School

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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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  Faith, Inspiration, Reality

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

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• He has chosen you, in a mysterious but real way, to make you saviors with Him and like Him. Yes, Christ calls you, but He calls you in truth. His call is demanding, because He invites you to let yourselves be 'captured' by Him completely, so that your whole lives will be seen in a different light.

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  Real, Light, Different

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• 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.

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  Men, Catholic, Lord

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

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• The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.

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  Responsibility, Feelings, Persons

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• Around the world, we see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Protecting the world's forests; stemming desertification and erosion; avoiding the spread of toxic substances harmful to man, animals and plants; protecting the atmosphere; all these can be accomplished only through active and wise cooperation, without borders or political power plays.

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  Wise, Men, Animal

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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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  Catholic, Human Life, All Time

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• The Internet causes billions of images to appear on millions of computer monitors around the planet. From this galaxy of sight and sound will the face of Christ emerge and the voice of Christ be heard? For it is only when his face is seen and his voice heard that the world will know the glad tidings of our redemption. This is the purpose of evangelization. And this is what will make the Internet a genuinely human space, for if there is no room for Christ, there is no room for man.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Men

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• We must understand that in order 'to do', we must first learn 'to be', that is to say, in the sweet company of Jesus in adoration.

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  Christian, Sweet, Jesus

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• What will you do with your life? What are your plans? Have you ever thought of committing your existence totally to Christ? Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?

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  Jesus, Thinking, People

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• Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the world society is given to instant gratification and consumerism while remaining indifferent to the damage which these attitudes cause. Simplicity, moderation and discipline, as well as a spirit of sacrifice, must become part of everyday life, lest all suffer the negative consequences of the careless habits of a few.

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  Attitude, Sacrifice, Discipline

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• I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

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  Mother, Home, Kissing

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• God comes to us in the things we know best and cane verify most easily, the things of our everyday life.

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  Everyday, Everyday Life, Verify

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• When we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we represent the one in the world who is in most need of God's Mercy." We "Stand in behalf of the one in the world who does not know Christ and who is farthest away from God and we bring down upon their soul the Precious Blood of The Lamb.

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  Jesus, Blessed, Blood

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• It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.

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  Challenges, Inspire, Levels

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

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• Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable of solidarity, peace and love of life, with respect for everyone. Become craftsmen of a new humanity, where brothers and sisters - members all of the same family - are able at last to live in peace.

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  Brother, Love Life, Men

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• We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.

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  Unconditional Love, People, Given

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• Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.

  Pope John Paul II

  Law, Catholic, Killing

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

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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

  Pope John Paul II

  Years, Two, Flesh

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