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Pope John Paul II quotes

Polish Clergyman May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005

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Ask yourselves, young people, about the love of Christ. Acknowledge His voice resounding in the temple of your heart. Return His bright and penetrating glance which opens the paths of your life to the horizons of the Church’s mission. It is a taxing mission, today more than ever, to teach men the truth about themselves, about their end, their destiny, and to show faithful souls the unspeakable riches of the love of Christ. Do not be afraid of the radicalness of His demands, because Jesus, who... Pope John Paul II
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. Pope John Paul II
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command? but? attempts? to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship. Pope John Paul II
Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love. Pope John Paul II
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it. Pope John Paul II
Love consists of a commitment which limits one's freedom - it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one's freedom on behalf of another. Pope John Paul II
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations. Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II quote: "A person is an entity of a sort to which the only proper and..."
A person is an entity of a sort to which the only proper and adequate way to relate is love Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II quote: "A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love,..."
A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use. Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II quote: "Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices..."
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II quote: "Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of..."
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II quote: "if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and..."
...if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it. Pope John Paul II
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. Pope John Paul II
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece. Pope John Paul II
Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal. Pope John Paul II

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