Background Image

...

The Obligation To Earn One's Bread By The Sweat Of One's Brow Also Presumes The Right To Do So. A Society In Which This Right Is Systematically Denied, In Which Economic Policies Do Not Allow Workers To Reach Satisfactory Levels Of Employment, Cannot Be Justified From An Ethical Point Of View, Nor Can That Society Attain Social Peace.

-Pope John Paul II

...

Please Wait....
Translating....

The Obligation To Earn

Pope John Paul II

...

The Obligation To Earn One's Bread By The Sweat Of One's Brow Also Presumes The Right To Do So. A Society In Which This Right Is Systematically Denied, In Which Economic Policies Do Not Allow Workers To Reach Satisfactory Levels Of Employment, Cannot Be Justified From An Ethical Point Of View, Nor Can That Society Attain Social Peace.

Views: 8

Topic

More From Pope John Paul II

You Must Be Strong, Dear Brothers And Sisters. You Must Be Strong With The Strength That Comes From Faith.

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.

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?

A Man Shows Himself A True Disciple Of Christ By Carrying The Cross In His Turn Every Day In The Activity That He Is Called To Perform.

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.

In This Silence Of The White Host, Carried In The Monstrance, Are All His Words; There Is His Whole Life Given In Offering To The Father For Each Of Us; There Is Also The Glory Of The Glorified Body, Which Started With The Resurrection, And Still Continues In Heavenly Union.

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

Not All Are Called To Be Artists In The Specific Sense Of The Term. Yet, As Genesis Has It, All Men And Women Are Entrusted With The Task Of Crafting Their Own Life: In A Certain Sense, They Are To Make Of It A Work Of Art, A Masterpiece.

The Dignity Of The Human Person Is A Transcendent Value, Always Recognized As Such By Those Who Sincerely Search For The Truth. Indeed, The Whole Of Human History Should Be Interpreted In The Light Of This Certainty. Every Person, Created In The Image And Likeness Of God (cf. Gn 1:26 28), Is Therefore Radically Oriented Towards The Creator, And Is Constantly In Relationship With Those Possessed Of The Same Dignity. To Promote The Good Of The Individual Is Thus To Serve The Common Good, Which Is That Point Where Rights And Duties Converge And Reinforce One Another.

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

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

The Way Jesus Shows You Is Not Easy. Rather, It Is Like A Path Winding Up A Mountain. Do Not Lose Heart! The Steeper The Road, The Faster It Rises Towards Ever Wider Horizons.

Condemning Class Struggle Does Not Mean Condemning Every Possible Form Of Social Conflict. Such Conflicts Inevitably Arise And Christians Must Often Take A Position In The "struggle For Social Justice." What Is Condemned Is "total War," Which Has No Respect For The Dignity Of Others (and Consequently Of Oneself). It Excludes Reasonable Compromise, Does Not Pursue The Common Good But The Good Of A Group, And Sets Out To Destroy Whatever Stands In Its Way.

What Does Our Generation Owe To Generations Yet Unborn? ...there Is An Order In The Universe Which Must Be Respected, And... The Human Person, Endowed With The Capability Of Choosing Freely, Has A Grave Responsibility To Preserve This Order For The Well-being Of Future Generations.

We Are Now Standing In The Face Of The Greatest Historical Confrontation Humanity Has Gone Through. I Do Not Think That Wide Circles Of The American Society Or Wide Circles Of The Christian Community Realize This Fully. We Are Now Facing The Final Confrontation Between The Church And The Anti-church, Of The Gospel Versus The Anti-gospel.

Evangelization Through The Eucharist, In The Eucharist, And From The Eucharist - These Are Three Inseparable Aspects Of How The Church Lives The Mystery Of Christ And Fulfills Her Mission Of Communicating It To All People.... In Addition To The Preaching Of The Message, The Consummation Of Evangelization Consists In The Building Up Of The Church, Which Has No Real Existence Without The Sacramental Life Culminating In The Blessed Eucharist

An Effective Proclamation Of The Gospel In Contemporary Western Society Will Need To Confront Directly The Widespread Spirit Of Agnosticism And Relativism Which Has Cast Doubt On Reason's Ability To Know The Truth, Which Alone Satisfies The Human Heart's Restless Quest For Meaning.

We Must Reflect The Light Of Christ Through Lives Of Prayer And Joyful Service To Others.

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

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.

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.

The Legal Toleration Of Abortion Or Of Euthanasia Can In No Way Claim To Be Based On Respect For The Conscience Of Others, Precisely Because Society Has The Right And The Duty To Protect Itself Against The Abuses Which Can Occur In The Name Of Conscience And Under The Pretext Of Freedom.

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 Seriousness Of Ecological Degradation Lays Bare The Depth Of Man's Moral Crisis... Simplicity, Moderation, And Discipline As Well As The Spirit Of Sacrifice Must Become A Part Of Everyday Life.

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.

It's Too Early For A Polish Pope.

Never Tire Of Firmly Speaking Out In Defense Of Life From Its Conception And Do Not Be Deterred From The Commitment To Defend The Dignity Of Every Human Person With Courageous Determination. Christ Is With You: Be Not Afraid!

Work Bears A Particular Mark Of Man And Of Humanity, The Mark Of A Person Operating Within A Community Of Persons

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.

Precisely In An Age When The Inviolable Rights Of The Person Are Solemnly Proclaimed And The Value Of Life Is Publicly Affirmed, The Very Right To Life Is Being Denied Or Trampled Upon, Especially At The More Significant Moments Of Existence: The Moment Of Birth And The Moment Of Death.

The Distinctive Mark Of The Christian, Today More Than Ever, Must Be Love For The Poor, The Weak, The Suffering.

A Process Of Genocide Is Being Carried Out Before The Eyes Of The World.

You Made Us For Yourself, Lord, And Our Heart Is Restless Until It Rests In You. In This Creative Restlessness Beats And Pulsates What Is Most Deeply Human - The Search For Truth, The Insatiable Need For The Good, Hunger For Freedom, Nostalgia For The Beautiful, And The Voice Of Conscience.

Forgiveness Is Above All A Personal Choice, A Decision Of The Heart To Go Against The Natural Instinct To Pay Back Evil With Evil.

Side By Side With The Miseries Of Underdevelopment...we Find Ourselves Up Against A Form Of Superdevelopment, Equally Inadmissable. This Superdevelopment Consists In An Excessive Availability Of Material Goods For The Benefit Of Certain Social Groups And Makes People Slaves Of "possession" And Immediate Gratification, With No Other Horizon Than The Multiplication Or Continual Replacement Of The Things Already Owned With Others Still Better. This Is The Civilization Of Consumption, Or "consumerism," Which Involves So Much Throwing Away And Waste.

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.

If The Communications Media Are A Good Destined For All Humanity, Then Ever-new Means Must Be Found - Including Recourse To Opportune Legislative Measures - To Make Possible A True Participation In Their Management By All. The Culture Of Co-responsibility Must Be Nurtured.

I Hope That This Form Of Adoration, With Permanent Exposition Of The Blessed Sacrament, Will Continue Into The Future. Specifically, I Hope That The Fruit Of This Congress Results In The Establishment Of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration In All Parishes And Christian Communities Throughout The World

With Supernatural Intuition Blessed Josemaria Untiringly Preached The Universal Call To Holiness And Apostolate. Christ Calls Everyone To Become Holy In The Realities Of Everyday Life. Hence Work Too Is A Means Of Personal Holiness And Apostolate When It Is Done In Union With Jesus Christ

Reason And Faith Cannot Be Separated Without Diminishing The Capacity Of Men And Women To Know Themselves, The World And God In An Appropriate Way.

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.

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.

Chastity Is A Difficult Long Term Matter, One Must Wait Patiently For It To Bear Fruit For The Happiness Of Loving Kindness Which It Must Bring. But At The Same Time Chastity Is The Sure Way To Happiness.

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.

Freedom Exists For The Sake Of Love.

Love And Responsibility

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

If The Aim Is Globalization Without Marginalization, We Can No Longer Tolerate A World In Which There Live Side By Side The Immensely Rich And The Miserably Poor, The Have-nots Deprived Even Of Essentials And People Who Thoughtlessly Waste What Others So Desperately Need. Such Countries Are An Affront To The Dignity Of The Human Person. He Further Said, Ethics Demand That Systems Be Attuned To The Needs Of Man, And Not That Man Be Sacrificed For The Sake Of The System.

[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 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.

God Comes To Us In The Things We Know Best And Cane Verify Most Easily, The Things Of Our Everyday Life.

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.

Christ Is The Sacrament Of The Invisible God - A Sacrament That Indicates Presence. God Is With Us.

Dear Young People, Let Yourselves Be Taken Over By The Light Of Christ, And Spread That Light Wherever You Are.

Confidently Open Your Most Intimate Aspirations To The Love Of Christ Who Waits For You In The Eucharist. You Will Receive The Answer To All Your Worries And You Will See With Joy That The Consistency Of Your Life Which He Asks Of You Is The Door To Fulfill The Noblest Dreams Of Your Youth.

Do Not Be Afraid. Do Not Be Satisfied With Mediocrity. Put Out Into The Deep And Let Down Your Nets For A Catch.

The Vow Of Celibacy Is A Matter Of Keeping One's Word To Christ And The Church. A Duty And A Proof Of The Priest's Inner Maturity; It Is The Expression Of His Personal Dignity.

And Christ, Through His Own Salvific Suffering, Is Very Much Present In Every Human Suffering, And Can Act From Within That Suffering By The Powers Of His Spirit Of Truth, His Consoling Spirit.

It's Better To Cry Than Be Angry, Because Anger Hurts Others While Tears Flow Silently Through The Soul And Cleans The Heart.

Mary's Role Is To Make Her Son Shine

Offer Christ Your Heart In Meditation And Personal Prayer Which Is The Foundation Of The Spiritual Life.

All Human Activity Takes Place Within A Culture And Interacts With Culture.

In The Fulfillment Of Your Duties, Let Your Intentions Be So Pure That You Reject From Your Actions Any Other Motive Than The Glory Of God And The Salvation Of Souls.

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.

The 25th Anniversary Of The Decision ... Is A Call To People Of Good Will To Reflect. Now Is The Time For Recommitment To The Building Of A Culture Of Absolute Respect For Life.

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.

Be Demanding Of The World Around You; Be Demanding First Of All With Yourselves. Be Children Of God; Take Pride In It!

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

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.

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.

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 Challenge Is To Make The Church's Yes To Life Concrete And Effective. The Struggle Will Be Long, And It Needs Each One Of You. Place Your Intelligence, Your Talents, Your Enthusiasm, Your Compassion And Your Fortitude At The Service Of Life!

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?

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.

Faith Leads Us Beyond Ourselves. It Leads Us Directly To God.

Man Must Reconcile Himself To His Natural Greatness.... He Must Not Forget That He Is A Person.

Prayer Joined To Sacrifice Constitutes The Most Powerful Force In Human History.

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.

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

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.

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

God Passionately Desires And Ardently Yearns For Our Salvation... Nothing Is Greater Than This: That The Blood Of God Was Poured Out For Us.

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

It Is Manifestly Unjust That A Privileged Few Should Continue To Accumulate Excess Goods, Squandering Available Resources, While Masses Of People Are Living In Conditions Of Misery At The Very Lowest Level Of Subsistence.

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

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

Certain Elements Of Today's Ecological Crisis Reveal Its Moral Character. First Among These Is The Indiscriminate Application Of Advances In Science And Technology. Many Recent Discoveries Have Brought Undeniable Benefits To Humanity. Indeed, They Demonstrate The Nobility Of The Human Vocation To Participate Responsibly In God's Creative Action In The World. Unfortunately, It Is Now Clear That The Application Of These Discoveries In The Fields Of Industry And Agriculture Have Produced Harmful Long-term Effects.

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.

The Obligation To Earn One's Bread By The Sweat Of One's Brow Also Presumes The Right To Do So. A Society In Which This Right Is Systematically Denied, In Which Economic Policies Do Not Allow Workers To Reach Satisfactory Levels Of Employment, Cannot Be Justified From An Ethical Point Of View, Nor Can That Society Attain Social Peace.

The New Evangelization Calls For Followers Of Christ Who Are Unconditionally Pro-life Who Will Proclaim, Celebrate, And Serve The Gospel Of Life In Every Situation. A Sign Of Hope Is The Increasing Recognition That The Dignity Of Human Life Must Never Be Taken Away, Even In The Case Of Someone Who Has Done Great Evil. I Renew The Appeal I Made ... For A Consensus To End The Death Penalty, Which Is Both Cruel And Unnecessary.

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.

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.

The International Community Should Support A System Of Laws To Regularize International Relations And Maintain The Peace In The Same Manner That Law Governs National Order.

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

In Christ And Through Christ Man Has Acquired Full Awareness Of His Dignity, Of The Heights To Which He Is Raised, Of The Surpassing Worth Of His Own Humanity, And Of The Meaning Of His Existence.

For A Stalk To Grow Or A Flower To Open There Must Be Time That Cannot Be Forced; Nine Months Must Go By For The Birth Of A Human Child; To Write A Book Or Compose Music Often Years Must Be Dedicated To Patient Research ...to Find The Mystery There Must Be Patience, Interior Purification, Silence, Waiting.

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 Have I Done With My Baptism And Confirmation? Is Christ Really At The Center Of My Life? Do I Have Time For Prayer In My Life? Do I Live My Life As A Vocation And Mission?

Stupidity Is Also A Gift Of God, But One Mustn't Misuse It.

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.

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.

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.'

Motherhood Implies From The Beginning A Special Openness To The New Person: And This Is Precisely The Woman's 'part'. In This Openness, In Conceiving And Giving Birth To A Child, The Woman 'discovers Herself Through A Sincere Gift Of Self'.

The Rosary Mystically Transports Us To Mary's Side As She Is Busy Watching Over The Human Growth Of Christ In The Home Of Nazareth. This Enables Her To Train Us And To Mold Us With The Same Care, Until Christ Is ''fully Formed'' In Us... Why Should We Not Once More Have Recourse To The Rosary, With The Same Faith As Those Who Have Gone Before Us?

When Sunday Loses Its Fundamental Meaning And Becomes Subordinate To A Secular Concept Of Weekend Dominated By Such Things As Entertainment And Sport, People Stay Locked Within A Horizon So Narrow That They Can No Longer See The Heavens.

All Of Us Experience The Sad Effects Of Blind Submission To Consumerism. In The First Place It Represents Crass Materialism. At The Same Time It Represents A Radical Dissatisfaction Because One Quickly Learns That The More One Possesses, The More One Wants, While Deeper Aspirations Remain Unsatisfied And Perhaps Even Stifled.

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.

If You Want Peace, Work For Justice. If You Want Justice, Defend Life. If You Want Life, Embrace Truth.

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.

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.

In The Past, It Was Possible To Destroy A Village, A Town, A Region, Even A Country. Now It Is The Whole Planet That Has Come Under Threat. This Fact Should Compel Everyone To Face A Basic Moral Consideration; From Now On, It Is Only Through A Conscious Choice And Then Deliberate Policy That Humanity Will Survive.

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.

The Only Struggle Which Religions Can Justify, The Only Struggle Worthy Of Humans, Is The Moral Struggle Against Humanity's Own Disordered Passions, Against Every Kind Of Selfishness, Against Attempts To Oppress Others, Against Every Type Of Hatred And Violence.

To Humanity, Which Sometimes Seems To Be Lost And Dominated By The Power Of Evil, Selfishness And Fear, The Risen Lord Gives The Gift Of His Love Which Forgives, Reconciles And Reopens The Soul To Hope.

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.

The Primordial Model Of The Family Is To Be Sought In God Himself, In The Trinitarian Mystery Of His Life. The Divine "we" Is The Eternal Pattern Of The Human "we", Especially Of That "we" Formed By The Man And The Woman Created In The Divine Image And Likeness... Man Is Created "from The Very Beginning" As Male And Female: The Life Of All Humanity - Whether Of Small Communities Or Of Society As A Whole - Is Marked By This Primordial Duality.

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

Apart From The Mercy Of God, There Is No Other Source Of Hope For Mankind.

'lord You Know That I Love You...lord, You Know That I Love You' (jn 21:15-17). The Eucharist Is, In A Certain Way, The Culminating Point Of This Answer. I Wish To Repeat It Together With The Whole Church To Him, Who Manifested His Love By Means Of The Sacrament Of His Body And Blood, Remaining With Us 'to The Close Of The Age'

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.

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

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

Around The World, We Can See The Results Of Exploitation Which Destroys Much Without Taking Future Generations Into Account. Today, All Men Have A Duty To Show Themselves Worthy Of The Mission Given Them By The Creator By Ensuring The Safekeeping Of That Creation.

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

Love Is Never Defeated, And I Could Add, The History Of Ireland Proves It.

In The Life Of Husband And Wife Together, Fatherhood And Motherhood Represent Such A Sublime "novelty" And Richness As Can Only Be Approached "on One's Knees".

The Worst Prison Would Be A Closed Heart.

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.

Amongst All Unimportant Subjects, Football Is By Far The Most Important.

Following Christ, The Church Seeks The Truth, Which Is Not Always The Same As The Majority Opinion.

The Universality Of Salvation Means That It Is Granted Not Only To Those Who Explicitly Believe In Christ And Have Entered The Church. Since Salvation Is Offered To All, It Must Be Made Concretely Available To All.

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.

Freedom Consists Not In Doing What We Like, But In Having The Right To Do What We Ought.

The Body In Its Masculinity And Femininity Has Been Called "from The Beginning" To Become The Manifestation Of The Spirit. The Body, In Fact, And Only The Body, Is Capable Of Making Visible What Is Invisible: The Spiritual And The Divine.

Do Not Abandon Yourselves To Despair. We Are The Easter People And Hallelujah Is Our Song.

The Priest Is Not And Must Not Be A Civil Servant Of The Church. Above All The Priest Is A Man Who Lives For The Spirit For God. This Being The Case The Seminary Is The Place Where He Learns 'to Be With Him.'

We Must Open Our Eyes To Admire God Who Hides And At The Same Time Reveals Himself In Things And Introduces Us Into The Realms Of Mystery... We Must Be Pure And Simple Like Children, Capable Of Admiring, Being Astonished, Of Marveling, And Being Enchanted By The Divine Gestures Of Love And Closeness We Witness.

The Lord Has Given You A Heart Open To Great Horizons; Do Not Be Afraid To Commit Your Life Completely To The Service Of Christ And His Gospel! Listen To Him As He Says Again Today: 'the Harvest Is Abundant, But The Laborers Are Few.

Do Not Be Afraid To Be The Saints Of The New Mellineum!

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.

What Really Matters In Life Is That We Are Loved By Christ And That We Love Him In Return. In Comparison To The Love Of Jesus, Everything Else Is Secondary. And, Without The Love Of Jesus, Everything Is Useless.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Farmers Everywhere Provide Bread For All Humanity, But It Is Christ Alone Who Is The Bread Of Life...even If All The Physical Hunger Of The World Were Satisfied, Even If Everyone Who Is Hungry Were Fed By His Or Her Own Labor Or By The Generosity Of Others, The Deepest Hunger Of Man Would Still Exist...therefore, I Say, Come, All Of You, To Christ. He Is The Bread Of Life. Come To Christ And You Will Never Be Hungry Again.

People Must Not Attempt To Impose Their Own 'truth' On Others. The Right To Profess The Truth Must Always Be Upheld, But Not In A Way That Involves Contempt For Those Who May Think Differently. Truth Imposes Itself Solely By The Force Of Its Own Truth.

Do Not Be Afraid. Open Wide The Doors To Christ.

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

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.

Christians, In Particular, Realize That Their Responsibility Within Creation And Their Duty Towards Nature And The Creator Are An Essential Part Of Their Faith.

The Only Really Effective Means Of Enabling States To Deal With The Grave Problem Of Poverty Is To Provide Them With The Necessary Resources Through Foreign Financial Aid - Public And Private - Granted Under Reasonable Conditions, Within The Framework Of International Commercial Relations Regulated With Fairness.

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.

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

Like So Many Pilgrims Before Us, We Kneel In Wonder And Adoration Before The Ineffable Mystery Which. Was Accomplished Here... In This Child - The Son Who Is Given To Us - We Find Rest For Our Souls And The True Bread That Never Fails - The Eucharistic Bread Foreshadowed Even In The Name Of This Town: Bethlehem, The House Of Bread. God Lies Hidden In The Child; Divinity Lies Hidden In The Bread Of Life

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.

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.

Only A Socially Just Country Has The Right To Exist.

A Nation That Destroys Its Own People Is A Nation Without Hope.

Holidays And Vacations Can Help To Balance Activity With Contemplation, Haste With More Natural Rhythms, Noise With The Heralding Silence Of Peace.

Taking Into Account These Distinctions, In Harmony With The Magisterium Of My Predecessors[81] And In Communion With The Bishops Of The Catholic Church, I Confirm That Euthanasia Is A Grave Violation Of The Law Of God, Since It Is The Deliberate And Morally Unacceptable Killing Of A Human Person.

The Fear Of Making Permanent Commitments Can Change The Mutual Love Of Husband And Wife Into Two Loves Of Self-two Loves Existing Side By Side, Until They End In Separation.

Abortion, Euthanasia, Human Cloning, For Example, Risk Reducing The Human Person To A Mere Object: Life And Death To Order, As It Were!

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.

Laws Which Authorize And Promote Abortion And Euthanasia Are Therefore Radically Opposed Not Only To The Good Of The Individual But Also To The Common Good; As Such They Are Completely Lacking In Authentic Juridical Validity. Disregard For The Right To Life, Precisely Because It Leads To The Killing Of The Person Whom Society Exists To Serve, Is What Most Directly Conflicts With The Possibility Of Achieving The Common Good. Consequently, A Civil Law Authorizing Abortion Or Euthanasia Ceases By That Very Fact To Be A True, Morally Binding Civil Law.

Love The Family! Defend And Promote It As The Basic Cell Of Human Society; Nurture It As The Prime Sanctuary Of Life. Give Great Care To The Preparation Of Engaged Couples And Be Close To Young Married Couples, So That They Will Be For Their Children And The Whole Community An Eloquent Testimony Of God's Love.

The Eucharist Is A Priceless Treasure: By Not Only Celebrating It But Also By Praying Before It Outside Of Mass We Are Enabled To Make Contact With The Very Wellspring Of Grace.

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

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

There Is No Evil To Be Faced That Christ Does Not Face With Us. There Is No Enemy That Christ Has Not Already Conquered. There Is No Cross To Bear That Christ Has Not Already Borne For Us, And Does Not Now Bear With Us.

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

The Greatness Of Work Is Inside Man.

Man Always Travels Along Precipices... His Truest Obligation Is To Keep His Balance.

The Frenetic Pace Of Modern Life Can Lead To An Obscuring Or Even A Loss Of What Is Truly Human... Perhaps More Than In Other Periods Of History, Our Time Is In Need Of That Genius Which Belongs To Women, And Which Can Ensure Sensitivity For Human Beings In Every Circumstance.

A Person's Rightful Due Is To Be Treated As An Object Of Love, Not As An Object For Use.

Laws Which Legitimize The Direct Killing Of Innocent Human Beings Through Abortion Or Euthanasia Are In Complete Opposition To The Inviolable Right To Life Proper To Every Individual; They Thus Deny The Equality Of Everyone Before The Law.

Creating The Human Race In His Own Image And Continually Keeping It In Being, God Inscribed In The Humanity Of Man And Woman The Vocation... Of Love And Communion. Love Is Therefore The Fundamental And Innate Vocation Of Every Human Being.

Never Again War! Never Again Hatred And Intolerance!

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 Suffocating The Voice Of Conscience, Passion Carries With Itself A Restlessness Of The Body And The Senses: It Is The Restlessness Of The "external Man." When The Internal Man Has Been Reduced To Silence, Then Passion, Once It Has Been Given Freedom Of Action, So To Speak, Exhibits Itself As An Insistent Tendency To Satisfy The Senses And The Body.

Each Man, In His Suffering, Can Also Become A Sharer In The Redemptive Suffering Of Christ.

Do You Think That There Can Be Anything Greater Than To Bring Jesus To People And People To Jesus?

The Ecological Crisis Is A Moral Issue.

The Person Who Does Not Decide To Love Forever Will Find It Very Difficult To Really Love For Even One Day.

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.

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.

Prayer Gives Us Strength For Great Ideals, For Keeping Up Our Faith, Charity, Purity, Generosity; Prayer Gives Us Strength To Rise Up From Indifference And Guilt, If We Have Had The Misfortune To Give In To Temptation And Weakness. Prayer Gives Us Light By Which To See And To Judge From God's Perspective And From Eternity. That Is Why You Must Not Give Up On Praying!

Although I Have Lived Through Much Darkness, I Have Seen Enough Evidence To Be Unshakably Convinced That No Difficulty, No Fear Is So Great That It Can Completely Suffocate The Hope That Springs Eternal In The Hearts Of The Young... Do Not Let That Hope Die! Stake Your Lives On It! 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.

Truth Must Be The Foundation Stone, The Cement To Solidify The Entire Social Edifice.

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

Believers Know That The Presence Of Evil Is Always Accompanied By The Presence Of Good, By Grace... Where Evil Grows, There The Hope For Good Also Grows... In The Love That Pours Forth From The Heart Of Christ, We Find Hope For The Future Of The World. Christ Has Redeemed The World: "by His Wounds We Are Healed." (isaiah 53:5)

The Film Industry Has Become A Universal Medium Exercising A Profound Influence On The Development Of People's Attitudes And Choices, And Possessing A Remarkable Ability To Influence Public Opinion And Culture Across All Social And Political Frontiers.

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.

The Battle Against The Devil, Which Is The Principal Task Of Saint Michael The Archangel, Is Still Being Fought Today, Because The Devil Is Still Alive And Active In The World.

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

Make Your Lives Intensely Eucharistic.

Through Mary, We Come To Her Son More Easily.

The Future Is In Your Hearts And In Your Hands. God Is Entrusting To You The Task, At Once Difficult And Uplifting, Of Working With Him In The Building Of The Civilization Of Love.

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!

Trending Author

Edward Dahlberg

Everett Dirksen

Category