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This Is No Time To Be Ashamed Of The Gospel. It Is The Time To Preach It From The Rooftops. Do Not Be Afraid To Break Out Of Comfortable And Routine Modes Of Living In Order To Take Up The Challenge Of Making Christ Known In The Modern Metropolis.

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This Is No Time To Be Ashamed Of The Gospel. It Is The Time To Preach It From The Rooftops. Do Not Be Afraid To Break Out Of Comfortable And Routine Modes Of Living In Order To Take Up The Challenge Of Making Christ Known In The Modern Metropolis.

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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.

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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.

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Condescension And

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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!

Real Love Is Demanding. I Would Fail In My Mission If I Did Not Clearly Tell You So. For It Was Jesus - Our Jesus Himself - Who Said: 'you Are My Friends If You Do What I Command You'. Love Demands Effort And A Personal Commitment To The Will Of God. It Means Discipline And Sacrifice, But It Also Means Joy And Human Fulfilment.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Take Heed All Of You Who Have At Heart Mankind's Future! Take Heed Men And Women Of Good Will! May The Temptation To Seek Revenge Give Way To The Courage To Forgive; May The Culture Of Life And Love Render Vain The Logic Of Death; May Trust Once More Give Breath To The Lives Of Peoples.

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

God Is Love. We Eventually Have To Ask Ourselves The Question; Why Was Love Nailed To A Cross?

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.

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.

A Community Needs A Soul If It Is To Become A True Home For Human Beings. You.. The People Must Give It This Soul.

The Rosary Is My Favorite Prayer.

It Would Be A Sad Thing If The Religious And Moral Convictions Upon Which The American Experiment Was Founded Could Now Somehow Be Considered A Danger To Free Society.

Euthanasia Is A Grave Violation Of The Law Of God, Since It Is The Deliberate And Morally Unacceptable Killing Of A Human Person.

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

When A Parliamentary Or Social Majority Decrees That It Is Legal, At Least Under Certain Conditions, To Kill Unborn Human Life, Is It Not Really Making A Tyrannical Decision With Regard To The Weakest And Most Defenseless Of Human Beings?....while Public Authority Can Sometimes Choose Not To Put A Stop To Something Which Were It Prohibited Would Cause More Serious Harm, It Can Never Presume To Legitimize As A Right Of Individuals Even If They Are The Majority Of The Members Of Society An Offense Against Other Persons Caused By The Disregard Of So Fundamental A Right As The Right To Life.

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.

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

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

My Desire Is For The Young People Of The Entire World To Come Closer To Mary. She Is The Bearer Of An Indelible Youthfulness And Beauty That Never Wanes. May Young People Have Increasing Confidence In Her And May They Entrust Their Lives To Her.

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.

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

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

While In Some Cases The Damage Already Done May Well Be Irreversible, In Many Other Cases It Can Still Be Halted. It Is Necessary, However, That The Entire Human Community - Individuals, States And International Bodies - Take Seriously The Responsibility That Is Theirs.

Have No Fear Of Moving Into The Unknown. Simply Step Out Fearlessly Knowing That I Am With You, Therefore No Harm Can Befall You; All Is Very, Very Well. Do This In Complete Faith And Confidence.

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

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

It Is A Mistake To Apply American Democratic Procedures To The Faith And The Truth. You Cannot Take A Vote On The Truth. The Value Of Democracy Stands Or Falls With The Values Which It Embodies And Promotes.

Love Between Man And Woman Cannot Be Built Without Sacrifices And Self-denial.

The Most Generous Choices, Especially The Persevering, Are The Fruit Of Profound And Prolonged Union With God In Prayerful Silence.

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.

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.

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

Holiness Is Not Reserved For A Small Number Of Exceptional Persons. It Is For Everyone. It Is The Lord Who Brings Us To Holiness When We Are Willing To Collaborate In The Salvation Of The World For The Glory Of God, Despite Our Sin And Our Sometimes Rebellious Temperament.

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.

The Rosary Is A Prayer Both So Humble And Simple And A Theologically Rich In Biblical Content. I Beg You To Pray It.

The Ultimate Test Of Your Greatness Is The Way You Treat Every Human Being.

Another Name For Peace Is Development.

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

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