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Peoples Of The Entire World Need To Hear These Words. Their Conscience Needs To Grow In The Certainty That Someone Exists Who Holds In His Hands The Destiny Of This Passing World... And This Someone Is Love- Love That Became Man, Love Crucified And Risen, Love Unceasingly Present Among Men. It Is Eucharistic Love.

-Pope John Paul II

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Peoples Of The Entire

Pope John Paul II

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Peoples Of The Entire World Need To Hear These Words. Their Conscience Needs To Grow In The Certainty That Someone Exists Who Holds In His Hands The Destiny Of This Passing World... And This Someone Is Love- Love That Became Man, Love Crucified And Risen, Love Unceasingly Present Among Men. It Is Eucharistic Love.

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Attention Is Riveted On What Is Tangible, Useful, Instantly Available; The Stimulus For Deeper Thought And Reflection May Be Lacking. Yet Human Beings Have A Vital Need For Time And Inner Quiet To Ponder And Examine Life And Its Mysteries... Understanding And Wisdom Are The Fruit Of A Contemplative Eye Upon The World, And Do Not Come From A Mere Accumulation Of Facts, No Matter How Interesting.

While It Is True That The Taking Of Life Not Yet Born Or In It's Final Stages Is Sometimes Marked By A Mistaken Sense Of Altruism And Human Compassion It Cannot Be Denied That Such A Culture Of Death, Taken As A Whole, Betrays A Completely Individualistic Concept Of Freedom, Which Ends Up By Becoming The Freedom Of "the Strong" Against The Weak Who Have No Choice But To Submit.

No One Else Can Want For Me. No One Can Substitute His Act Of Will For Mine. It Does Sometimes Happen That Someone Very Much Wants Me To Want What He Wants. This Is The Moment When The Impassable Frontier Between Him And Me, Which Is Drawn By Free Will, Becomes Most Obvious. I May Not Want That Which He Wants Me To Want - And In This Precisely I Am Incommunicabilis. I Am, And I Must Be, Independent In My Actions. All Human Relationships Are Posited On This Fact.

On My Knees, I Beg Of You To Turn Away From The Paths Of Violence And To Return To The Path Of Peace. Those Who Resort To Violence Always Claim That Only Violence Brings About Change. You Must Know There Is A Political, Peaceful Way To Justice.

The Question Confronting The Church Today Is Not Any Longer Whether The Man In The Street Can Grasp A Religious Message, But How To Employ The Communications Media So As To Let Him Have The Full Impact Of The Gospel Message.

Man's Life Comes From God: It Is His Image And Imprint, As Sharing In His Breath Of Life. God Therefore Is The Sole Lord Of This Life: Man Cannot Do With It As He Wills.

Those Who Advocate Euthanasia Have Capitalized On People's Confusion, Ambivalence And Even Fear About The Use Of Modern Life-prolonging Technologies. Being Able To Choose The Time And Manner Of One's Death, Without Regard To What Is Chosen Is Presented As The Ultimate Freedom.

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

Once The Truth Is Denied To Human Beings, It Is Pure Illusion To Try To Set Them Free. Truth And Freedom Either Go Together Hand In Hand Or Together They Perish In Misery.

Open Your Minds And Hearts To The Beauty Of All That God Has Made And To His Special, Personal Love For Each One Of You.

What Will You Do With Your Life? What Are Your Plans? Have You Ever Thought Of Committing Your Existence Totally To Christ? Do You Think That There Can Be Anything Greater Than To Bring Jesus To People And People To Jesus?

Do Not Be Afraid To Be Holy! Have The Courage And Humility To Present Yourselves To The World Determined To Be Holy, Since Full, True Freedom Is Born From Holiness.

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 Gradual Depletion Of The Ozone Layer And The Related "greenhouse Effect" Has Now Reached Crisis Proportions As A Consequence Of Industrial Growth, Massive Urban Concentrations And Vastly Increased Energy Needs. Industrial Waste, The Burning Of Fossil Fuels, Unrestricted Deforestation, The Use Of Certain Types Of Herbicides, Coolants And Propellants: All Of These Are Known To Harm The Atmosphere And Environment.

For 2,000 Years, The Church Has Been The Cradle In Which Mary Places Jesus And Entrusts Him To The Adoration And Contemplation Of All Peoples. May The Humility Of The Bride Cause To Shine Forth Still More Brightly The Glory And Power Of The Eucharist, Which She Celebrates And Treasures In Her Heart. In The Sign Of The Consecrated Bread And Wine, Christ Jesus Risen And Glorified, The Light Of The Nations, Reveals The Enduring Reality Of His Incarnation. He Remains Living And Real In Our Midst In Order To Nourish The Faithful With His Body And Blood.

Every Mass Is A Memorial Of That One Sacrifice And That Passover Which Restored Life To The World. Every Mass Puts Us Into Intimate Communion With Her, The Mother, Whose Sacrifice 'becomes Present' Just As The Sacrifice Of Her Son 'becomes Present' At The Words Of Consecration..... At The Root Of The Eucharist Is The Virginal And Maternal Life Of Mary

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

Truth Can Never Be Confined To Time And Culture; In History It Is Known, But It Also Reaches Beyond History.

We Must Understand That In Order 'to Do', We Must First Learn 'to Be', That Is To Say, In The Sweet Company Of Jesus In Adoration.

The Mystery Of The Holy Night, Which Historically Happened Two Thousand Years Ago, Must Be Lived As A Spiritual Event In The 'today' Of The Liturgy," The Pope Clarified. "the Word Who Found A Dwelling In Mary's Womb Comes To Knock On The Heart Of Every Person With Singular Intensity This Christmas.

Faced With Today's Problems And Disappointments , Many People Will Try To Escape From Their Responsibility. Escape In Selfishness, Escape In Sexual Pleasure, Escape In Drugs, Escape In Violence, Escape In Indifference And Cynical Attitudes. I Propose To You The Option Of Love, Which Is The Opposite Of Escape.

Look, I Can Surely Say By Now That I've Got The Antibodies To Communism Inside Me. But When I Think Of Consumer Society, With All Its Tragedies, I Wonder Which Of The Two Systems Is Better.

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

To The Family Is Entrusted The Task Of Striving, First And Foremost, To Unleash The Forces Of Good.

Art Has A Unique Capacity To Take One Or Other Facet Of The Message And Translate It Into Colors, Shapes And Sounds Which Nourish The Intuition Of Those Who Look And Listen.

This Is No Time To Be Ashamed Of The Gospel. It Is The Time To Preach It From The Rooftops.

Your Faith Will Help You Realize That It Is Jesus Himself Who Is Present In The Blessed Sacrament, Waiting For You And Calling You To Spend One Special Specific Hour With Him Each Week.

None Of Us Is Alone In This World; Each Of Us Is A Vital Piece Of The Great Mosaic Of Humanity As A Whole.

Jesus Himself Has Shown Us By His Own Example That Prayer And Fasting Are The First And Most Effective Weapons Against The Forces Of Evil.

This Is The Wonderful Truth, My Dear Friends: The Word, Which Became Flesh Two Thousand Years Ago, Is Present Today In The Eucharist

When Freedom Does Not Have A Purpose, When It Does Not Wish To Know Anything About The Rule Of Law Engraved In The Hearts Of Men And Women, When It Does Not Listen To The Voice Of Conscience, It Turns Against Humanity And Society.

Each Individual In Fact Has Moral Responsibility For The Acts Which He Personally Performs; No One Can Be Exempted From This Responsibility, And On The Basis Of It Everyone Will Be Judged By God Himself.

It Is Pleasant To Spend Time With Him, To Lie Close To His Breast Like The Beloved Disciple And To Feel The Infinite Love Present In His Heart....how Can We Not Feel A Renewed Need To Spend Time In Spiritual Converse, In Silent Adoration, In Heartfelt Love Before Christ Present In The Most Holy Sacrament?

The Encouragement And The Deepening Of Eucharistic Worship Are Proofs Of The Authentic Renewal Which The Council Set Itself As An Aim And Of Which They Are The Central Point.

Even If The Forces Of Darkness Appear To Prevail, Those Who Believe In God Know That Evil And Death Do Not Have The Final Say.

Deep Within Yourself, Listen To Your Conscience Which Calls You To Be Pure...a Home Is Not Warmed By The Fire Of Pleasure Which Burns Quickly Like A Pile Of Withered Grass. Passing Encounters Are Only A Caricature Of Love; They Injure Hearts And Mock God's Plan.

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

Our Communal Worship At Mass Must Go Together With Our Personal Worship Of Jesus In Eucharistic Adoration In Order That Our Love May Be Complete

Love Consists Of A Commitment Which Limits One's Freedom - It Is A Giving Of The Self, And To Give Oneself Means Just That: To Limit One's Freedom On Behalf Of Another.

Mary's Role Is To Make Her Son Shine

Violence And Arms Can Never Resolve The Problems Of Men.

The Animals Possess A Soul And Men Must Love And Feel Solidarity With Our Smaller Brethren. All Animals Are Fruit Of The Creative Action Of The Holy Spirit And Merit Respect And They Are As Near To God As Men Are.

In The Eucharistic Sacrifice The Church Venerates The Memory Of Mary The Ever Virgin Mother Of God And The Memory Of Saint Joseph, Because He Fed Him Whom The Faithful Must Eat As The Bread Of Life

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