Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation. Pope John XXIII More Quotes by Pope John XXIII More Quotes From Pope John XXIII The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears we caused by forgetting Thy love. Forgive us, Lord, for the curse we falsely attributed to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying Thee a second time in their flesh. For we knew not what we did. Pope John XXIII brother names blood It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention. Pope John XXIII generosity catholic church Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap. Pope John XXIII end-of-the-road ends here-i-am Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. Pope John XXIII xmas christmas heart The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries. Pope John XXIII diversity order country There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of armaments...[but] true and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession of an equal supply of armaments but only in mutual trust. Pope John XXIII balance belief common Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one. Pope John XXIII gambling humorous funny Justice comes before charity. Pope John XXIII catholicism charity justice I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end. Pope John XXIII able steps moving Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity. Pope John XXIII right-to-life integrity men The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light. Pope John XXIII splendid church light An angel of Paradise, no less, is always beside me, wrapped in everlasting ecstasy on his Lord. So I am ever under the gaze of an angel who protects and prays for me. Pope John XXIII paradise angel praying The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company. Pope John XXIII smallness good-company feelings The deposit of the faith is one thing... the way it is expressed is another. Pope John XXIII inspiration faith way Today the universal common good poses problems of world-wide dimensions, which cannot be adequately tackled or solved except by the efforts of public authorities endowed with a wideness of powers, structure and means of the same proportions; that is... on a world-wide basis. Pope John XXIII effort today mean I am made to tremble and I fear! Pope John XXIII made Christ's Church is, above all, the spiritual temple where every Christian knows he has his place: he knows he has it, and he is aware of his duty to keep it with honor, dignity, and grace. Pope John XXIII temple church grace spiritual Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good. Pope John XXIII good moral duty power I must consider myself as the man of the cross and love the one that God gives me without thinking any further. Pope John XXIII myself man god love In this world of ours, every believer must be a spark of light, a center of love, a vivifying ferment for the mass; and it will be that all the more as, in the depths of his being, he lives in communion with God. Pope John XXIII light god love world
