Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness… he must not forget that he is a person. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good... — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously... He also assigns to every woman the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The sacraments infuse holiness into the terrain of man's humanity: they penetrate the soul and body, the femininity and masculinity of the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In the life of husband and wife together, fatherhood and motherhood represent such a sublime "novelty" and richness as can only be… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We must open our eyes to admire God who hides and at the same time reveals himself in things and introduces us… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Creating the human race in His own image and continually keeping it in being, God inscribed in the humanity of man and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family... The family is placed at the center of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The primordial model of the family is to be sought in God himself, in the Trinitarian mystery of his life. The divine… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Internet causes billions of images to appear on millions of computer monitors around the planet. From this galaxy of sight and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation... Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In the context of the "great mystery" of Christ and of the Church, all are called to respond - as a bride… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
You made us for yourself, Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. In this creative restlessness beats and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Beauty is a key to the mystery and a call to transcendence. It is an invitation to savor life and to dream… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The body in its masculinity and femininity has been called "from the beginning" to become the manifestation of the spirit. The body,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The frenetic pace of modern life can lead to an obscuring or even a loss of what is truly human... Perhaps more… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands...… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Rosary mystically transports us to Mary's side as she is busy watching over the human growth of Christ in the home… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire People of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— ex nihilo sui… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus? — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions, against every… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
