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If Humanity Today Succeeds In Combining The New Scientific Capacities With A Strong Ethical Dimension, It Will Certainly Be Able To Promote The Environment As A Home And A Resource For...all...and Will Be Able To Eliminate The Causes Of Pollution And To Guarantee Adequate Conditions Of Hygiene And Health For Small Groups As Well As For Vast Human Settlements.

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If Humanity Today Succeeds

Pope John Paul II

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If Humanity Today Succeeds In Combining The New Scientific Capacities With A Strong Ethical Dimension, It Will Certainly Be Able To Promote The Environment As A Home And A Resource For...all...and Will Be Able To Eliminate The Causes Of Pollution And To Guarantee Adequate Conditions Of Hygiene And Health For Small Groups As Well As For Vast Human Settlements.

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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 To The People.

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

The Eucharist Is The Full Realization Of The Worship Which Humanity Owes To God, And It Cannot Be Compared To Any Other Religious Experience.... The Risen Lord ... Calls The Faithful Together To Give Them The Light Of His Word And The Nourishment Of His Body As The Perennial Sacramental Wellspring Of Redemption. The Grace Flowing From This Wellspring Renews Mankind, Life, And History.

That Is The Dignity Of America, The Reason She Exists, The Condition Of Her Survival, Yes, The Ultimate Test Of Her Greatness: To Respect Every Human Person, Especially The Weak And Most Defenseless Ones, Those As Yet Unborn.

Mary's Role Is To Make Her Son Shine

The Rosary Is My Favorite Prayer. A Marvelous Prayer! Marvelous In Its Simplicity And Its Depth. In The Prayer We Repeat Many Times The Words That The Virgin Mary Heard From The Archangel, And From Her Kinswoman Elizabeth.

Prayer Can Truly Change Your Life. For It Turns Your Attention Away From Yourself And Directs Your Mind And Your Heart Toward The Lord. If We Look Only At Ourselves, With Our Own Limitations And Sins, We Quickly Give Way To Sadness And Discouragement. But If We Keep Our Eyes Fixed On The Lord, Then Our Hearts Are Filled With Hope, Our Minds Are Washed N The Light Of Truth, And We Come To Know The Fullness Of The Gospel With All Is Promise And Life.

Deepen You Knowledge Of Jesus Which Ends Loneliness, Overcomes Sadness And Uncertainty, Gives Real Meaning To Life, Curbs Passions, Exalts Ideals, Expands Energies In Charity, Brings Light Into Decisive Choices. Let Christ Be For You The Way, The Truth, And The Life.

Every Effort To Make Society Sensitive To The Importance Of The Family, Is A Great Service To Humanity.

Christ Called As His Apostles Only Men. He Did This In A Totally Free And Sovereign Way.

Young People Are Threatened... By The Evil Use Of Advertising Techniques That Stimulate The Natural Inclination To Avoid Hard Work By Promising The Immediate Satisfaction Of Every Desire.

In The Newborn Child Is Realized The Common Good Of The Family.

Do Not Forget That True Love Sets No Conditions; It Does Not Calculate Or Complain, But Simply Loves.

War Should Belong To The Tragic Past, To History: It Should Find No Place On Humanity's Agenda For The Future.

Faith Intervenese Not To Abolish Reason's Autonomy Nor To Reduce Its Scope For Action, But Solely To Bring The Human Being To Understand That In These Events It Is The God Of Israel Who Acts.

Confession Is An Act Of Honesty And Courage - An Act Of Entrusting Ourselves, Beyond Sin, To The Mercy Of A Loving And Forgiving God.

A Good Leader Sees Everything, Overlooks A Great Deal, And Corrects A Little.

Christ Remains Primary In Your Life Only When He Enjoys The First Place In Your Mind And Heart. Thus You Must Continuously Unite Yourself To Him In Prayer.... Without Prayer There Can Be No Joy, No Hope, No Peace. For Prayer Is What Keeps Us In Touch With Christ.

I Hope To Have Communion With The People, That Is The Most Important Thing.

The Vocation And Mission Of The Faithful Can Only Be Understood In Light Of A Renewed Awareness Of The Church As Sacrament Or Sign And Instrument Of Intimate Union With God, Of The Unity Of The Whole Of Mankind, And Of The Personal Duty To Adhere More Closely To Her.

Pray And Learn To Pray! Deepen Your Knowledge Of The Word Of The Living God By Reading And Meditating On The Scriptures.

Darkness Can Only Be Scattered By Light, Hatred Can Only Be Conquered By Love.

There Is No True Peace Without Fairness, Truth, Justice And Solidarity.

Our Future On This Planet, Exposed As It Is To Nuclear Annihilation, Depends One One Single Factor: Humanity Must Make A Moral About-face.

The Mother Of Christ, Who Stands At The Very Center Of This Mystery...is Given As Mother To Every Single Individual And All Mankind.

Wars Generally Do Not Resolve The Problems For Which They Are Fought And Therefore, In Addition To Causing Horrendous Damage, They Prove Ultimately Futile.

May The Culture Of Life And Love Render Vain The Logic Of Death.

The Eucharist Is Not Only A Particularly Intense Expression Of The Reality Of The Church's Life, But Also In A Sense Its Fountainhead. The Eucharist Feeds And Forms The Church: 'because There Is One Bread, We Who Are Many Are One Body, For We All Partake Of The One Bread' (1 Cor 10:17, Rsv). Because Of This Vital Link With The Sacrament Of The Body And Blood Of The Lord, The Mystery Of The Church Is Savored, Proclaimed, And Lived Supremely In The Eucharist.

Is Not Jesus Pointing To Children Even As Models For Grownups?

To Be Actively Pro-life Is To Contribute To The Renewal Of Society Through The Promotion Of The Common Good. It Is Impossible To Further The Common Good Without Acknowledging And Defending The Right To Life, Upon Which All The Other Inalienable Rights Of Individuals Are Founded And From Which They Develop.

Every Scientist, Through Personal Study And Research, Completes Himself And His Own Humanity. ... Scientific Research Constitutes For You, As It Does For Many, The Way For The Personal Encounter With Truth, And Perhaps The Privileged Place For The Encounter Itself With God, The Creator Of Heaven And Earth. Science Shines Forth In All Its Value As A Good Capable Of Motivating Our Existence, As A Great Experience Of Freedom For Truth, As A Fundamental Work Of Service. Through Research Each Scientist Grows As A Human Being And Helps Others To Do Likewise.

This Is No Time To Be Ashamed Of The Gospel. It Is The Time To Preach It From The Rooftops. Do Not Be Afraid To Break Out Of Comfortable And Routine Modes Of Living In Order To Take Up The Challenge Of Making Christ Known In The Modern Metropolis.

He Was Alone In His Wonderment, Amoung Creatures Incapable Of Wonder --for Them It Was Enough To Exist And Go Their Way.

God Of Our Fathers, You Chose Abraham And His Descendants To Bring Your Name To The Nations: We Are Deeply Saddened By The Behaviour Of Those Who In The Course Of History Have Caused These Children Of Yours To Suffer, And Asking Your Forgiveness We Wish To Commit Ourselves To Genuine Brotherhood With The People Of The Covenant.

On The Basis Of His Work Each Person Is Fully Entitled To Consider Himself A Part Owner Of The Great Workbench At Which He Is Working With Everyone Else. A Way Toward That Goal Could Be Found By Associating Labor With The Ownership Of Capital Joint Ownership Of The Means Of Work, Sharing By The Workers In The Management And/or Profits Of Businesses, So-called Shareholding By Labor, Etc.

Jesus Christ Has Taken The Lead On The Way Of The Cross. He Has Suffered First. He Does Not Drive Us Toward Suffering But Shares It With Us, Wanting Us To Have Life And To Have It In Abundance.

Do Not Be Afraid To Take A Chance On Peace, To Teach Peace, To Live Peace...peace Will Be The Last Word Of History.

The Most Profound And Serious Indication Of The Moral Implications Underlying The Ecological Problem Is The Lack Of Respect For Life Evident In Many Of The Patterns Of Environmental Pollution.

Dear Young People Of Every Language And Culture, A High And Exhilarating Task Awaits You: That Of Becoming Men And Women Capable Of Solidarity, Peace And Love Of Life, With Respect For Everyone. Become Craftsmen Of A New Humanity, Where Brothers And Sisters - Members All Of The Same Family - Are Able At Last To Live In Peace.

[on His 83rd Birthday] Physical Condition Or Advancing Of Age Are Not Obstacles To A Perfect Life. God Does Not Look At External Things But At The Soul.

Faith And Reason Are Like Two Wings On Which The Human Spirit Rises To The Contemplation Of Truth; And God Has Placed In The Human Heart A Desire To Know The Truth- In A Word, To Know Himself- So That, By Knowing And Loving God, Men And Women May Also Come To The Fullness Of Truth About Themselves.

In A World Where The Name Of God Is Sometimes Associated With Vengeance And Even A Duty Of Hatred And Violence, This Message Is Both Timely And Significant.

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