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The Internet Causes Billions Of Images To Appear On Millions Of Computer Monitors Around The Planet. From This Galaxy Of Sight And Sound Will The Face Of Christ Emerge And The Voice Of Christ Be Heard? For It Is Only When His Face Is Seen And His Voice Heard That The World Will Know The Glad Tidings Of Our Redemption. This Is The Purpose Of Evangelization. And This Is What Will Make The Internet A Genuinely Human Space, For If There Is No Room For Christ, There Is No Room For Man.

-Pope John Paul II

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The Internet Causes Billions Of Images To Appear On Millions Of Computer Monitors Around The Planet. From This Galaxy Of Sight And Sound Will The Face Of Christ Emerge And The Voice Of Christ Be Heard? For It Is Only When His Face Is Seen And His Voice Heard That The World Will Know The Glad Tidings Of Our Redemption. This Is The Purpose Of Evangelization. And This Is What Will Make The Internet A Genuinely Human Space, For If There Is No Room For Christ, There Is No Room For Man.

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I Hope That Your Example Attracts Many Souls To The Adoration Of Jesus Christ Who Is Present On The Altar To Be Of Comfort And Hope To Those Who Confide In Him With Faith And Love; They Look On Him As The Emmanuel, God With Us, Who Wished To Dwell Amongst Us: His Heart In Our Heart

If He Asks Much Of You, It Is Because He Knows You Can Give Much.

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.

How Beautiful Is The Family That Recites The Rosary Every Evening.

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 Sacraments Infuse Holiness Into The Terrain Of Man's Humanity: They Penetrate The Soul And Body, The Femininity And Masculinity Of The Personal Subject, With The Power Of Holiness.

The Inviolability Of The Person Which Is A Reflection Of The Absolute Inviolability Of God, Finds Its Primary And Fundamental Expression In The Inviolability Of Human Life. Above All, The Common Outcry, Which Is Justly Made On Behalf Of Human Rights-for Example, The Right To Health, To Home, To Work, To Family, To Culture- Is False And Illusory If The Right To Life, The Most Basic And Fundamental Right And The Condition For All Other Personal Rights, Is Not Defended With Maximum Determination.

I Cannot Fail To Note Once Again That The Poor Constitute The Modern Challenge, Especially For The Well-off Of Our Planet, Where Millions Of People Live In Inhuman Conditions And Many Are Literally Dying Of Hunger. It Is Not Possible To Announce God The Father To These Brothers And Sisters Without Taking On The Responsibility Of Building A More Just Society In The Name Of Christ.

Man Matures Through Work Which Inspires Him To Difficult Good.

The Greatness Of Work Is Inside Man.

The Rosary Is My Favorite Prayer. A Prayer So Simple And So Rich; From Deepest Heart, I Exhort All To Recite It.

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.

The Conviction Which We Must Share And Spread Is That The Call To Holiness Is Directed To All Christians. This Is Not A Question Of Privilege Or Of Spiritual Elitism. It Is A Question Of A Grace Offered To All The Baptized.

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.

God Has, In Fact, Thought Of Us From Eternity And Has Loved Us As Unique Individuals. He Has Called Every One Of Us By Name, As The Good Shepherd 'calls His Sheep By Name.'

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.

The Cemetery Of The Victims Of Human Cruelty In Our Century Is Extended To Include Yet Another Vast Cemetery, That Of The Unborn.

The Great Danger For Family Life, In The Midst Of Any Society Whose Idols Are Pleasure, Comfort And Independence, Lies In The Fact That People Close Their Hearts And Become Selfish.

Marriage Is An Act Of Will That Signifies And Involves A Mutual Gift, Which Unites The Spouses And Binds Them To Their Eventual Souls, With Whom They Make Up A Sole Family - A Domestic Church.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

[speaking Of Marriage And Family] In This Entire World There Is Not A More Perfect, More Complete Image Of God, Unity And Community. There Is No Other Human Reality Which Corresponds More, Humanly Speaking, To That Divine Mystery.

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.

A Just Wage For The Worker Is The Ultimate Test Of Whether Any Economic System Is Functioning Justly.

It Is Jesus Who Stirs In You The Desire To Do Something Great With Your Lives, The Will To Follow An Ideal, The Refusal To Allow Yourselves To Be Ground Down By Mediocrity, The Courage To Commit Yourselves Humbly And Patiently To Improving Yourselves And Society, Making The World More Human And More Fraternal.

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.

Men And Women Will Retain Their Sex In Heaven

The Call For A Sincere Gift Of Self Is The Fullest Way To Realize Our Personal Freedom.

The Measure Of Your Success Will Be The Measure Of Your Generosity.

Your Generosity

We Cannot Interfere In One Area Of The Ecosystem Without Paying Due Attention To Both The Consequences Of Such Interference In Other Areas And To The Well-being Of Future Generations.

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

Human Progress Planned As Alternatives (to God's Plan) Introduce In Justice, Evil And Violence Rising Against The Divine Plan Of Justice And Salvation. And Despite Transitory And Apparent Successes, They Are Reduced To Simple Machinations Destined To Dissolution And Failure.

The Most Faithful Disciples Of Christ Have Been Builders Of Peace, To The Point Of Forgiving Their Enemies, Sometimes Even To The Point Of Giving Their Lives For Them.

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

None Are So Poor That They Have Nothing To Give...and None Are So Rich That They Have Nothing To Receive.

From Mary We Learn To Surrender To God's Will In All Things. From Mary We Learn To Trust Even When All Hope Seems Gone. From Mary We Learn To Love Christ Her Son And The Son Of God!

Hands Are The Heart's Landscape.

If Development Is The New Name For Peace, War And Preparations For War Are The Major Enemy Of The Healthy Development Of Peoples. If We Take The Common Good Of All Humanity As Our Norm, Instead Of Individual Greed, Peace Would Be Possible.

Give Us The Grace - When The Sacredness Of Life Before Birth Is Attacked, To Stand Up And Proclaim That No One Ever Has The Authority To Destroy Unborn Life.

The Cross Means There Is No Shipwreck Without Hope; There Is No Dark Without Dawn; Nor Storm Without Haven.

We Are Not The Sum Of Our Weaknesses And Failures, We Are The Sum Of The Father's Love For Us And Our Real Capacity To Become The Image Of His Son Jesus.

Only The Chaste Man And The Chaste Woman Are Capable Of True Love.

Purity And Love

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.

May You Experience The Truth That He, Christ, Looks Upon You With Love.

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.

In The Depths Of The Human Soul... The Desire To Give Meaning To One's Own Life Is Joined By The Fleeting Vision Of Beauty And Of The Mysterious Unity Of Things.

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.

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.

Do Not Drink Coffee In Early A.m. It Will Keep You Awake Until Noon. Do Not Go From The Slavery Of The Communist Regime To The Slavery Of Consumerism.

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

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