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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.

Pope John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II
Age: 84 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 18
Died: 2005
Died: April 2
Esperantist
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Karol Józef Wojtyła
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Karol Wojtyla
Johannes Paul II. Papst
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santo Iohannes Paulus PP. II
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‏ papa Giovanni Paolo‏ II
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papież Jan Paweł II
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On my knees, I beg of you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the path of peace. Those who resort to violence always claim that only violence brings about change. You must know there is a political, peaceful way to justice.
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While in some cases the damage already done may well be irreversible, in many other cases it can still be halted. It is necessary, however, that the entire human community - individuals, States and international bodies - take seriously the responsibility that is theirs.
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We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire People of God. Significant is Saint Benedict's reminder to the Abbot of a monastery, inviting him to consult even the youngest members of the community: By the Lord's inspiration, it is often a younger person who knows what is best
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This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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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.
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Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.
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Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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...all that is carried along by the stream's silvery cascade, rhythmically falling from the mountain, carried by its own current-- carried where?
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Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands energies in charity, brings light into decisive choices. Let Christ be for you the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
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Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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I hope that your example attracts many souls to the adoration of Jesus Christ who is present on the altar to be of comfort and hope to those who confide in him with faith and love they look on him as the Emmanuel, God with us, who wished to dwell amongst us: his heart in our heart
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.
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Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns 'to be with Him.'
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The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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