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Technology That Pollutes Can Also Cleanse, Production That Amasses Can Also Distribute Justly, On Condition That The Ethic Of Respect For Life And Human Dignity, For The Rights Of Today's Generations And Those To Come, Prevails.

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Technology That Pollutes Can Also Cleanse, Production That Amasses Can Also Distribute Justly, On Condition That The Ethic Of Respect For Life And Human Dignity, For The Rights Of Today's Generations And Those To Come, Prevails.

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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.

The Eucharist Is The Secret Of My Day. It Gives Strength And Meaning To All My Activities Of Service To The Church And To The Whole World. . . . Let Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament Speak To Your Hearts. It Is He Who Is The True Answer Of Life That You Seek. He Stays Here With Us: He Is God With Us. Seek Him Without Tiring, Welcome Him Without Reserve, Love Him Without Interruption: Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

The Earth Will Not Continue To Offer Its Harvest, Except With Faithful Stewardship. We Cannot Say We Love The Land And Then Take Steps To Destroy It For Use By Future Generations.

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

Born And Nurtured When The Human Being First Asked Questions About The Reason For Things And Their Purpose, Philosophy Shows In Different Modes And Forms That The Desire For Truth Is Part Of Human Nature Itself.

To Recite The Rosary Is Nothing Other Than To Contemplate The Face Of Christ With Mary.

For By His Incarnation The Son Of God United Himself In A Certain Way With Every Man. He Labored With Human Hands... And Loved With A Human Heart. Born Of Mary The Virgin, He Truly Became One Of Us.

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

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

But Responsibility Likewise Falls On The Legislators Who Have Promoted And Approved Abortion Laws, And, To The Extent That They Have A Say In The Matter, On The Administrators Of The Health-care Centers Where Abortions Are Performed. In This Sense Abortion Goes Beyond The Responsibility Of Individuals And Beyond The Harm Done To Them, And Takes On A Distinctly Social Dimension. It Is A Most Serious Wound Inflicted On Society And Its Culture By The Very People Who Ought To Be Societys Promoters And Defenders.

Thus To Share In The Sufferings Of Christ Is, At The Same Time, To Suffer For The Kingdom Of God. In The Eyes Of The Just God, Before His Judgment. Those Who Share In The Sufferings Of Christ Become Worthy Of This Kingdom.

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.

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.

Yes, The Civilization Of Love Is Possible; It Is Not A Utopia. But It Is Only Possible By A Constant And Ready Reference To The "father From Whom All Fatherhood And Motherhood On Earth Is Named," From Whom Every Human Family Comes.

If You Really Wish To Follow Christ, If You Want Your Love For Him To Grow And Last, Then You Must Be Faithful To Prayer. It Is The Key To The Vitality Of Your Life In Christ. Without Prayer, Your Faith And Love Will Die. If You Are Constant In Daily Prayer And In The Sunday Celebration Of Mass, Your Love For Jesus Will Increase. And Your Heart Will Know Deep Joy And Peace, Such As The World Could Never Give.

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

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

Inspirational Cancer

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

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

Do Not Be Afraid To Be Saints. Follow Jesus Christ Who Is The Source Of Freedom And Light. Be Open To The Lord So That He May Lighten All Your Ways.

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.

Nobody Is So Poor He Has Nothing To Give, And Nobody Is So Rich He Has Nothing To Receive.

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.

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.

Every Act Of Reverence, Every Genuflection That You Make Before The Blessed Sacrament Is Important Because It Is An Act Of Faith In Christ, And Act Of Love For Christ. And Every Sign Of The Cross And Gesture Of Respect Made Each Time You Pass A Church Is Also An Act Of Faith.

Only A Socially Just Country Has The Right To Exist.

Beneath The Sacred Host, Christ Is Contained, The Redeemer Of The World

Only Faith In Christ Gives Rise To A Culture Contrary To Egotism And Death.

The History Of Mankind, The History Of Salvation, Passes By Way Of The Family... The Family Is Placed At The Center Of The Great Struggle Between Good And Evil, Between Life And Death, Between Love And All That Is Opposed To Love.

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

The Human Person Is A Unique Composite - A Unity Of Spirit And Matter, Soul And Body, Fashioned In The Image Of God And Destined To Live Forever. Every Human Life Is Sacred, Because Every Human Person Is Sacred.

Freedom Is Not The Ability To Do Anything We Want, Whenever We Want. Rather, Freedom Is The Ability To Live Responsibly The Truth Of Our Relationship With God And With One Another.

Our Relationship

Relationship With God

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.

Friendship, As Has Been Said, Consists In A Full Commitment Of The Will To Another Person With A View To That Person's Good.

Let Us Not Accept Violence As The Way Of Peace. Let Us Instead Begin By Respecting True Freedom: The Resulting Peace Will Be Able To Satisfy The World's Expectations, For It Will Be A Peace Built On Justice, A Peace Founded On The Incomparable Dignity Of The Free Human Being.

There Cannot Be Forgotten The Great Possibilities Of Mass Media In Promoting Dialogue, Becoming Vehicles For Reciprocal Knowledge, Of Solidarity And Of Peace. They Become A Powerful Resource For Good If Used To Foster Understanding Between Peoples, A Destructive 'weapon' If Used To Foster Injustice And Conflicts.

By Dialogue, We Let God Be Present In Our Midst, For As We Open Ourselves To One Another, We Open Ourselves To God.

The Family That Prays Together, Stays Together.

Beauty Is The Vocation Bestowed On The Artist By The Creator In The Gift Of Artistic Talent.

This Is Why Moral Uneasiness Is Destined To Become Even More Acute. It Is Obvious That A Fundamental Defect, Or Rather A Series Of Defects, Indeed A Defective Machinery Is At The Root Of Contemporary Economics And Materialistic Civilization, Which Does Not Allow The Human Family To Break Free From Such Radically Unjust Situations.

Economic Inequality

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.

Life With Christ Is A Wonderful Adventure.

From Now On It Is Only Through A Conscious Choice And Through A Deliberate Policy That Humanity Can Survive.

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

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

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.

I Encourage Christians Regularly To Visit Christ Present In The Blessed Sacrament, For We Are All Called To Abide In The Presence Of God.

Eucharistic Adoration

Before Our Eyes We Have The Results Of Ideologies Such As Marxism, Nazism And Fascism, And Also Of Myths Like Racial Superiority, Nationalism And Ethnic Exclusivism. No Less Pernicious, Though Not Always As Obvious, Are The Effects Of Materialistic Consumerism, In Which The Exaltation Of The Individual And The Selfish Satisfaction Of Personal Aspirations Become The Ultimate Goal Of Life. In This Outlook, The Negative Effects On Others Are Considered Completely Irrelevant.

New Knowledge Has Led To The Recognition In The Theory Of Evolution Of More Than A Hypothesis. It Is Indeed Remarkable That This Theory Has Been Progressively Accepted By Researchers, Following A Series Of Discoveries In Various Fields Of Knowledge. The Convergence, Neither Sought Nor Fabricated, Of The Results Of Work That Was Conducted Independently Is In Itself A Significant Argument In Favor Of This Theory.

Theory Of Evolution

...if Desire Is Predominant It Can Deform Love Between Man And Woman And Rob Them Both Of It.

Contraception Contradicts The Full Truth Of The Sexual Act As The Proper Expression Of Conjugal Love.

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