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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Pope John Paul II
Heart, Men, Law

Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!

Pope John Paul II
Children, Pride, World

There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.

Pope John Paul II
Justice, Catholic

For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research ...To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.

Pope John Paul II
Faith, Children, Book

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

Pope John Paul II
Science, Errors, Catholic
Letter to the Rev. George V. Coyne on June 01, 1988. "John Paul II on science and religion: reflections on the new view from Rome". Book edited by George Coyne, 1990.

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!

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Wish, Glimpse

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.

Pope John Paul II
Peace, Attitude, Names

The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.

Pope John Paul II
Heart, Church, Eucharist

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.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Blessed, Blood

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.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Sweet, Jesus

It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth. The value of democracy stands or falls with the values which it embodies and promotes.

Pope John Paul II
Mistake, Fall, Catholic

Bless, O Lord of the centuries and the millennia, the daily work by which men and women provide bread for themselves and their loved ones. We also offer to your fatherly hands the toil and sacrifices associated with work, in union with your Son Jesus Christ, who redeemed human work from the yoke of sin and restored it to its original dignity.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Sacrifice, Son

Only in Christ can men and women find answers to the ultimate questions that trouble them. Only in Christ can they fully understand their dignity as persons created and loved by God.

Pope John Paul II
Men, Answers, Dignity
Pope John Paul II (2003). “Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love”, p.119, Loyola Press

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.

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

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.

Pope John Paul II
Country, Men, People

A man shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day in the activity that he is called to perform.

Pope John Paul II
Men, Christ, Crosses
Pope John Paul II (1981). “Human Work”

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

Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.

Pope John Paul II
Men, Catholic, Purity And Love

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

Give us the grace - When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.

Pope John Paul II
Giving, Pro Life, Grace

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

The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.

Pope John Paul II
Catholic, Human Life, All Time

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

Pope John Paul II
Christ, Invisible, God Is With Us
Pope John Paul II (2013). “Crossing the Threshold of Hope”, p.7, Knopf

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

Pope John Paul II
Rooftops, Ashamed, Metropolis
Pope John Paul II (2003). “Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love”, p.47, Loyola Press

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

Pope John Paul II
Humanity, Fabric, Violence
Pope John Paul II (1980). “Pilgrimage of peace: the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States”, HarperCollins

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