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. Pope John Paul II More Quotes by Pope John Paul II More Quotes From Pope John Paul II Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent. Pope John Paul II talent artist beauty Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history. Pope John Paul II confined truth culture There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best. Pope John Paul II mother names people 'Lord you know that I love you...Lord, you know that I love you' (Jn 21:15-17). The Eucharist is, in a certain way, the culminating point of this answer. I wish to repeat it together with the whole Church to Him, who manifested His love by means of the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, remaining with us 'to the close of the age' Pope John Paul II love-you mean blood One cannot use with impunity the different categories of beings-animals, plants, the natural elements-simply as one wishes, according to economic needs. One must take into account the nature of each being and its mutual connection in an ordered system, which is the cosmos. Pope John Paul II environmental wish animal What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust. Pope John Paul II spokes brother secret God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation... Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us. Pope John Paul II inspiration faith blood Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity. Pope John Paul II effort saint humanity 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.' Pope John Paul II church spirit men Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral about-face. Pope John Paul II ubuntu humanity peace The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth. Indeed, the whole of human history should be interpreted in the light of this certainty. Every person, created in the image and likeness of God (cf. Gn 1:26 28), is therefore radically oriented towards the Creator, and is constantly in relationship with those possessed of the same dignity. To promote the good of the individual is thus to serve the common good, which is that point where rights and duties converge and reinforce one another. Pope John Paul II cfs light rights Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good. Pope John Paul II maturity work men All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity. Pope John Paul II holiness humanity people Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying! Pope John Paul II giving-up light prayer The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion. Pope John Paul II christian son jesus The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of creation. ...A given culture reveals its understanding of life through the choices it makes in production and consumption... a great deal of educational and cultural work is urgently needed, including the education of consumers in the responsible use of their power of choice. Pope John Paul II educational teaching order We emphasize the transcendent worth of the human person. We insist that the human person must never be treated as an object; he must always be considered the subject. That is the basis for our teaching, the absolute standard. Pope John Paul II bases standards teaching The Rosary is my favorite prayer. Pope John Paul II rosary prayer christian In suffocating the voice of conscience, passion carries with itself a restlessness of the body and the senses: it is the restlessness of the "external man." When the internal man has been reduced to silence, then passion, once it has been given freedom of action, so to speak, exhibits itself as an insistent tendency to satisfy the senses and the body. Pope John Paul II passion voice men 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. Pope John Paul II environmental community responsibility
