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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.

Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.

Pope John Paul II
Football, Important, Subjects

The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength and meaning to all my activities of service to the Church and to the whole world. . . . Let Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts. It is he who is the true answer of life that you seek. He stays here with us: he is God with us. Seek him without tiring, welcome him without reserve, love him without interruption: today, tomorrow, forever.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Blessed, Heart

God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?

Pope John Paul II
Catholic, God Is Love, Crosses

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

Pope John Paul II
Moving On, Confidence, Godly

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.

Pope John Paul II
Love, Christian, Real
"Pilgrimage of peace: the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States".

Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.

Pope John Paul II
Heart, Mind, Special

Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Light, Catholic

Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Blessed, Waiting

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

Pope John Paul II
Mother, Mystery, Christ
John Paul II, Brooke Williams Deely (2014). “Pope John Paul II Speaks on Women”, p.85, CUA Press

Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up from indifference and guilt, if we have had the misfortune to give in to temptation and weakness. Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

Pope John Paul II
Prayer, Giving Up, Light

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.

Pope John Paul II
Faith, Struggle, Inspiration

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Catholic, Suffering
Pope John Paul II (1998). “In my own words”

Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.

Pope John Paul II
Reading, Scripture, Praying

In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.

Pope John Paul II
Reading, Heart, Giving

With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, School, People

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.

Pope John Paul II
Order, Humanity, Actors

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.

Pope John Paul II
Mother, Baby, Encouragement

Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Prayer, Evil

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

The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Prayer, Humble

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

Pope John Paul II
Strong, Brother, Catholic
Pope John Paul II (1979). “Pilgrim to Poland”

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.

Pope John Paul II
Selfish, Eye, Goal

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.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Pain, Compassion

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

Pope John Paul II
Inspirational, Trust, Betrayal
"Apostolic Exhortation, the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World: Familiaris Consortio".

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

Pope John Paul II
Mercy Of God, Mercy, Source

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