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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.

-Pope John Paul II

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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.

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When Man Turns His Back On The Creator's Plan, He Provokes A Disorder Which Has Inevitable Repercussions On The Rest Of The Created Order. If Man Is Not At Peace With God, Then Earth Itself Cannot Be At Peace.

Around The World, We See The Results Of Exploitation Which Destroys Much Without Taking Future Generations Into Account. Protecting The World's Forests; Stemming Desertification And Erosion; Avoiding The Spread Of Toxic Substances Harmful To Man, Animals And Plants; Protecting The Atmosphere; All These Can Be Accomplished Only Through Active And Wise Cooperation, Without Borders Or Political Power Plays.

How Can Such Episodes Of Such Savage Cruelty Happen? The Heart Of Man Is An Abyss Out Of Which Sometimes Emerge Plots Of Unspeakable Ferocity Capable Of Overturning In An Instant The Tranquil And Productive Life Of A People.

Productive Life

Solidarity Is Not A Feeling Of Vague Compassion Or Shallow Distress At The Misfortunes Of So Many People, Both Near And Far. On The Contrary, It Is A Firm And Persevering Determination To Commit Oneself To The Common Good; That Is To Say To The Good Of All And Of Each Individual, Because We Are All Really Responsible For All

Our Very Contract With Nature Has A Deep Restorative Power; Contemplation Of Its Magnificence Imparts Peace And Serenity.

Humanity Looks To Works Of Art To Shed Light Upon Its Path And Its Destiny.

If You Wish To Be Brothers, Drop Your Weapons.

Humanity, Its Dignity And Its Balance, Will Depend At Every Moment And On Every Place On The Globe,on Who Man Is For Woman And Who Woman Is For Man.

In Order To See Jesus, We First Need To Let Him Look At Us!

Once Again, Through Myself, The Church, In The Words Of The Well-known Declaration Nostra Aetate, 'deplores The Hatred, Persecutions And Displays Of Anti-semitism Directed Against The Jews At Any Time And By Anyone.' I Repeat, 'by Anyone.'

Commending The Victims To Almighty God's Mercy, I Implore His Strength Upon All Involved In Rescue Efforts And In Caring For The Survivors.

All Human Life-from The Moment Of Conception And Through All Subsequent Stages-is Sacred, Because Human Life Is Created In The Image And Likeness Of God. Nothing Surpasses The Greatness Or Dignity Of A Human Person...if A Person's Right To Life Is Violated At The Moment In Which He Is First Conceived In His Mother's Womb, An Indirect Blow Is Struck Also At The Whole Moral Order.

All Are Called To Holiness, And Holy People Alone Can Renew Humanity.

It Is Legitimate And Necessary To Ask Oneself If This Is Not Perhaps Part Of A New Ideology Of Evil, Perhaps More Insidious And Hidden, Which Attempts To Pit Human Rights Against The Family And Against Man.

I Sense That The Moment Has Come To Commit All Of The Church's Energies To A New Evangelization... No Believer In Christ, No Institution Of The Church Can Avoid This Supreme Duty: To Proclaim Christ To All Peoples.

I Hurry To Express To You And Your Fellow Citizens My Profound Sorrow And My Closeness In Prayer For The Nation At This Dark And Tragic Moment.

May Mary, Who In The Freedom Of Her 'fiat' And Her Presence At The Foot Of The Cross, Offered To The World, Jesus, The Liberator, Help Us To Find Him In The Sacrament Of The Altar

It Would Appear That, On The Level Of Individual Nations And Of International Relations, The Free Market Is The Most Efficient Instrument For Utilizing Resources And Effectively Responding To Needs.

The Church And The World Have A Great Need Of Eucharistic Worship. Jesus Waits For Us In This Sacrament Of Love. Let Us Be Generous With Our Time In Going To Meet Him In Adoration And In Contemplation That Is Full Of Faith And Ready To Make Reparation For The Great Faults And Crimes Of The World. May Our Adoration Never Cease

Hands Are The Heart's Landscape.

The Drama Of Aids Threatens Not Just Some Nations Or Societies, But The Whole Of Humanity. It Knows No Frontiers Of Geography, Race, Age Or Social Condition(calling) For A Supreme Effort Of International Cooperation On The Part Of Government, The World Medical And Scientific Community And All Those Who Exercise Influence In Developing A Sense Of More Responsibility In Society.

In The Sacrifice Which Jesus Christ Makes Of Himself On The Cross For His Bride, The Church... There Is Entirely Revealed That Plan Which God Has Imprinted On The Humanity Of Man And Woman Since Their Creation.

True Holiness Does Not Mean A Flight From The World; Rather, It Lies In The Effort To Incarnate The Gospel In Everyday Life, In The Family, At School And At Work, And In Social And Political Involvement.

Are You Capable Of Risking Your Life For Someone? Do It For Christ.

Risking Your Life

There Is Nothing More Man Needs Than Divine Mercy - That Love Which Is Benevolent, Which Is Compassionate, Which Raises Man Above His Weakness To The Infinite Heights To The Holiness Of God.

But Sometimes It Is Necessary To Do That Which Is Too Much.

Inspirational Cancer

Where, If Not In The Divine Mercy, Can The World Find Refuge And The Light Of Hope?

This Worship, Given Therefore To The Trinity Of The Father And Of The Son And Of The Holy Spirit, Above All Accompanies And Permeates The Celebration Of The Eucharistic Liturgy. But It Must Fill Our Churches Also Outside The Timetable Of Masses. Indeed, Since The Eucharistic Mystery Was Instituted Out Of Love, And Makes Christ Sacramentally Present, It Is Worthy Of Thanksgiving And Worship. And This Worship Must Be Prominent In All Our Encounters With The Blessed Sacrament, Both When We Visit Our Churches And When The Sacred Species Are Taken To The Sick And Administered To Them

Life Is Entrusted To Man As A Treasure Which Must Not Be Squandered, As A Talent Which Must Be Used Well.

We Need A New Apologetic, Geared To The Needs Of Today, Which Keeps In Mind That Our Task Is Not To Win Arguments But To Win Souls... Such An Apologetic Will Need To Breathe A Spirit Of Humanity, That Humility And Compassion Which Understand The Anxieties And Questions Of People.

The Church Must Breathe With Her Two Lungs!

You Are Our Dearly Beloved Brothers, And In A Certain Way, It Could Be Said That You Are Our Elder Brothers.

There Is No Dignity When The Human Dimension Is Eliminated From The Person. In Short, The Problem With Pornography Is Not That It Shows Too Much Of The Person, But That It Shows Far Too Little.

The Rosary Is My Favorite Prayer.

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.

The Sickness Of A Family Member, Friend Or Neighbor Is A Call To Christians To Demonstrate True Compassion, That Gentle And Persevering Sharing In Another's Pain.

Limitation Of One's Freedom Might Seem To Be Something Negative And Unpleasant, But Love Makes It A Positive, Joyful And Creative Thing. Freedom Exists For The Sake Of Love.

Furthermore, Because God Created It, The Human Body Can Remain Nude And Uncovered And Preserve Its Splendour And Its Beauty.

The Family, As The Fundamental And Essential Educating Community, Is The Privileged Means For Transmitting The Religious And Cultural Values Which Help The Person To Acquire His Or Her Own Identity. Founded On Love And Open To The Gift Of Life, The Family Contains In Itself The Very Future Of Society; Its Most Special Task Is To Contribute Effectively To A Future Of Peace.

The Lust Of The Flesh Directs These Desires [of Personal Union], However, To Satisfaction Of The Body, Often At The Cost Of A Real And Full Communion Of Persons.

Only A Socially Just Country Has The Right To Exist.

The Future Starts Today, Not Tomorrow.

As Believers, How Can We Fail To See That Abortion, Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide Are A Terrible Rejection Of God's Gift Of Life And Love? And As Believers, How Can We Fail To Feel The Duty To Surround The Sick And Those In Distress With The Warmth Of Our Affection And The Support That Will Help Them Always To Embrace Life?

Treating A Person As A Means To An End, And An End Moreover Which In This Case Is Pleasure, The Maximization Of Pleasure, Will Always Stand In The Way Of Love.

Believers Do Not Surrender. They Can Continue On Their Way To The Truth Because They Are Certain That God Has Created Them "explorers", Whose Mission Is To Leave No Stone Unturned, Though The Temptation To Doubt Is Always There. Leaning On God, They Continue To Reach Out, Always And Everywhere, For All That Is Beautiful, Good, And True.

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

Respect For Life And For The Dignity Of The Human Person Also Extends To The Rest Of Creation, Which Is Called To Join Man In Praising God.

Through The Rosary The Faithful Receive Abundant Grace, As Though From The Very Hands Of The Mother Of The Redeemer.

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