Man, who is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself, can fully find himself only through a sincere gift of himself.
Pope John Paul IIProclaiming the death of the Lord "until he comes" (1 Cor 11:26) entails that all who take part in the Eucharist be committed to changing their lives and making them in a certain way completely "Eucharistic". It is this fruit of a transfigured existence and a commitment to transforming the world in accordance with the Gospel which splendidly illustrates the eschatological tension inherent in the celebration of the Eucharist and in the Christian life as a whole: "Come, Lord Jesus!" (Rev 22:20)
Pope John Paul IITags: catholicism
Totus Tuus
Pope John Paul IITags: faithfulness apostolic-motto consecration-to-mary totally-yours
Michaelangelo must teach them - do not forget: all things are naked and open before His eyes.
Pope John Paul IIA democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.
Pope John Paul IITags: democracy values totalitarianism
Faced with today's problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape.
Pope John Paul IITags: love indifference escape problems-of-today
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 IITags: purpose society conscience purpose-of-life
Thanks to meetings and discussions with experts in the natural sciences, with physicists and biologists as well as with historians, I have learned to appreciate the importance of those other branches of knowledge which involve the scientific disciplines; these are likewise capable of attaining the truth from different perspectives. The splendor of the truth–Veritatis Splendor–constantly needs to accompany them, enabling people to meet, to exchange ideas, and to enrich one another.
Pope John Paul IITags: science truth science-and-religion exchange exchange-ideas veritatis-splendor
Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.
Pope John Paul IITags: god prayer pray praying holiness-of-god
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