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Young Friends, Do Not Hesitate To Follow The Example Of Pedro, Who 'pleased God And Was Loved By Him' And Who, Having Come To Perfection In So Short A Time, Lived A Full Life.

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Young Friends, Do Not

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Young Friends, Do Not Hesitate To Follow The Example Of Pedro, Who 'pleased God And Was Loved By Him' And Who, Having Come To Perfection In So Short A Time, Lived A Full Life.

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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.

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.

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

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?

To Reach Peace, Teach Peace.

Let Science Tell Us What And How. Let Religion Tell Us Who And Why.

Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide Are Never Acceptable Acts Of Mercy. They Always Gravely Exploit The Suffering And Desperate, Extinguishing Life In The Name Of The 'quality Of Life' Itself.

Make Your Lives Intensely Eucharistic.

The Church Must Breathe With Her Two Lungs!

Do Not Forget That True Love Sets No Conditions; It Does Not Calculate Or Complain, But Simply Loves.

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?

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.

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 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.

Another Name For Peace Is Development.

Bless, O Lord Of The Centuries And The Millennia, The Daily Work By Which Men And Women Provide Bread For Themselves And Their Loved Ones. We Also Offer To Your Fatherly Hands The Toil And Sacrifices Associated With Work, In Union With Your Son Jesus Christ, Who Redeemed Human Work From The Yoke Of Sin And Restored It To Its Original Dignity.

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.

The Drama Of Aids Threatens Not Just Some Nations Or Societies, But The Whole Of Humanity. It Knows No Frontiers Of Geography, Race, Age Or Social Condition(calling) For A Supreme Effort Of International Cooperation On The Part Of Government, The World Medical And Scientific Community And All Those Who Exercise Influence In Developing A Sense Of More Responsibility In Society.

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.

You Are Priests, Not Social Or Political Leaders. Let Us Not Be Under The Illusion That We Are Serving The Gospel Through An Exaggerated Interest In The Wide Field Of Temporal Problems.

You Will Reciprocally Promise Love, Loyalty And Matrimonial Honesty. We Only Want For You This Day That These Words Constitute The Principle Of Your Entire Life And That With The Help Of Divine Grace You Will Observe These Solemn Vows That Today, Before God, You Formulate.

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

Purity And Love

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.

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

From This Moment On, Live The Eucharist Fully; Be Persons For Whom The Holy Mass, Communion, And Eucharistic Adoration Are The Center And Summit Of Their Whole Life.

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.

Where, If Not In The Divine Mercy, Can The World Find Refuge And The Light Of Hope?

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.

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

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.

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.

The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Child Is Another Sibling.

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.

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.

A Society Will Be Judged On The Basis Of How It Treats Its Weakest Members; And Among The Most Vulnerable Are Surely The Unborn And The Dying.

Through The Rosary The Faithful Receive Abundant Grace, As Though From The Very Hands Of The Mother Of The Redeemer.

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.

We Are All One Family In The World. Building A Community That Empowers Everyone To Attain Their Full Potential Through Each Of Us Respecting Each Other's Dignity, Rights And Responsibilities Makes The World A Better Place To Live.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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