Pope John Paul II Quotes
Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only appropriate attitude.
The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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.
A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You.. the people must give it this soul.
There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy - that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God.
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.
The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
The goal and target of our life is He, the Christ who awaits us -- each one singly and altogether -- to lead us across the boundaries of time to the eternal embrace of the God who loves us.
By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.
Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.
We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.
There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice
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.
Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?
I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
God has, in fact, thought of us from eternity and has loved us as unique individuals. He has called every one of us by name, as the Good Shepherd 'calls His sheep by name.'
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.
the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root in God Himself
Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.
The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
We can pray perfectly when we are out in the mountains or on a lake and we feel at one with nature. Nature speaks for us or rather speaks to us. We pray perfectly.
Everybody that is just is called to form part of the Kingdom of Heaven-whether they be Buddhas, Jews, or Atheists-as long as they are good.
Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.
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.
The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ.
Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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.
Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the 'quality of life' itself.
Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary.
Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
