Pope John Quotes

A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.

The goal and target of our life is He, the Christ who awaits us -- each one singly and altogether -- to lead us across the boundaries of time to the eternal embrace of the God who loves us.

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.

Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.

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.

We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

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

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.

Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?

I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.

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.'

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root in God Himself

Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.

Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.

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.

Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.

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.

Everybody that is just is called to form part of the Kingdom of Heaven-whether they be Buddhas, Jews, or Atheists-as long as they are good.

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

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.

The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ.

Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.

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.

Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.

The ecological crisis is a moral issue.

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.

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.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

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

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.

To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary.

Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.

We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.

Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world

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.

Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.

The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.

In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant.

Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete