There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
God comes to us in the things we know best and cane verify most easily, the things of our everyday life. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only… — 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
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what… — 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
Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
An important day in a young person's life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The new evangelization calls for followers of Christ who are unconditionally pro-life: who will proclaim, celebrate and serve the Gospel of life… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Motherhood involves a special communion with the mystery of life, as it develops in the mother's womb. The mother is filled with… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Eucharist is not only a particularly intense expression of the reality of the Church's life, but also in a sense its… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Farmers everywhere provide bread for all humanity, but it is Christ alone who is the bread of life...Even if all the physical… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
While it is true that the taking of life not yet born or in it's final stages is sometimes marked by a… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Evangelization through the Eucharist, in the Eucharist, and from the Eucharist - these are three inseparable aspects of how the Church lives… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Attention is riveted on what is tangible, useful, instantly available; the stimulus for deeper thought and reflection may be lacking. Yet human… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The challenge is to make the church's yes to life concrete and effective. The struggle will be long, and it needs each… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Love the family! Defend and promote it as the basic cell of human society; nurture it as the prime sanctuary of life.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Technology that pollutes can also cleanse, production that amasses can also distribute justly, on condition that the ethic of respect for life… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Man's life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
What will you do with your life? What are your plans? Have you ever thought of committing your existence totally to Christ?… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The 25th anniversary of the decision ... is a call to people of good will to reflect. Now is the time for… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way… — 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