Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła, was pope from 1978 to 2005. He is widely known to Catholics as Saint John Paul the Great, especially in the names of institutions...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth18 May 1920
CityWadowice, Poland
CountryPoland
Pope John Paul II quotes about
commitment people grace
The essential commitment and, above all, the visible grace and source of supernatural strength for the Church as the People of God is to persevere and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to develop spiritually in the climate of the Eucharist.
commitment views said
Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good.
commitment self denial
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
mean commitment self
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.
love husband commitment
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.
christian jesus commitment
Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be ever more open to listening and accepting your Word. May they draw from the Eucharist a renewed commitment to spreading in society, by the proclamation of your Gospel, the signs and deeds of an attentive and active charity
commitment demand gods-will
Love demands a personal commitment to the will of God.
determination commitment abortion
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!
love real commitment
Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not tell you so. Love demands a personal commitment to the will of God.
faith inspiration giving
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.
eye world genocide
A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.
philosophy men theory-of-evolution
Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.
struggle hands justice
The world designed by God cannot be a world in which some hoard immoderate wealth in their hands, while others suffer from destitution and poverty, and die of hunger. Love must inspire justice and the struggle for justice
thinking people may
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.