Pope John Paul II Quotes - Page 4

Quotes about:

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Children, Inspiration

  30 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Battle, Devil, Saint

  54 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Men, Catholic, Lord

  Pope John Paul II (1996). “The Encyclicals of John Paul II”, Our Sunday Visitor (IN)

  6 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Jesus, Taken, Catholic

  Pope John Paul II, Achille Silvestrini, Jerome M. Vereb (1999). “A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World”, p.305, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  10 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Love, Christian, Real

  "Pilgrimage of peace: the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States".

  56 Copy quote

• Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

  Pope John Paul II

  Mother, Path, Spirit

  11 Copy quote

• May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

  Pope John Paul II

  Looks, May, Christ

  27 Copy quote

• Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

  Pope John Paul II

  Courage, Catholic, Mediocrity

  Song: Cristo E Liberazione, Album: Abba Pater

  31 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Heart, Mind, Special

  13 Copy quote

• 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

  Pope John Paul II

  Struggle, Hands, Justice

  14 Copy quote

• In order to see Jesus, we first need to let him look at us!

  Pope John Paul II

  Jesus, Order, Needs

  20 Copy quote

• The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family... The family is placed at the center of the great struggle between good and evil, between life and death, between love and all that is opposed to love.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Struggle, Inspiration

  70 Copy quote

• There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice

  Pope John Paul II

  Love, Christian, Sacrifice

  13 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Order, Challenges, Routine

  Pope John Paul II (2003). “Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love”, p.47, Loyola Press

  11 Copy quote

• The worst prison would be a closed heart.

  Pope John Paul II

  Love, Inspirational, Hate

  42 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Jesus, Blessed, Waiting

  39 Copy quote

• The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

  Pope John Paul II

  Mother, Mystery, Christ

  John Paul II, Brooke Williams Deely (2014). “Pope John Paul II Speaks on Women”, p.85, CUA Press

  23 Copy quote

• The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

  Pope John Paul II

  Christian, Catholic, Suffering

  Pope John Paul II (1998). “In my own words”

  43 Copy quote

• We can pray perfectly when we are out in the mountains or on a lake and we feel at one with nature. Nature speaks for us or rather speaks to us. We pray perfectly.

  Pope John Paul II

  Prayer, Lakes, Mountain

  Pope John Paul II (1995). “The Way of Prayer”, Crossroad Classic

  13 Copy quote

• Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.

  Pope John Paul II

  Art, Waste, Talent

  44 Copy quote

• 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!

  Pope John Paul II

  Prayer, Giving Up, Light

  7 Copy quote

• Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.

  Pope John Paul II

  Reading, Scripture, Praying

  12 Copy quote

• Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.

  Pope John Paul II

  Order, Humanity, Actors

  59 Copy quote

• 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.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Children, Book

  25 Copy quote

• You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.

  Pope John Paul II

  Strong, Brother, Catholic

  Pope John Paul II (1979). “Pilgrim to Poland”

  31 Copy quote

Page 4 of 21

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin