John Paul
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John Paul
bring couple home hoping runs short
We're hoping he'll get a couple of short runs for a couple of touchdowns and bring home that Steelers victory.
brag gone hard people talk
Conspiracies are hard to maintain. People want to talk about it, people want to brag about it, people want to talk about how they've gone for so long eluding police.
expressing grateful heartfelt hosting thank youth
I am expressing a very, very heartfelt thank you for being here, and I am very grateful you are hosting World Youth Day in Canada.
punishment suffering trends
[B]y requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted on his victim. This trend, while appropriate and required by the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based.
catholic god-is-love crosses
God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
fearless world needs
You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
attitude freedom 4th-of-july
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
choices humanity conscious
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
intense-training judging mind
To predispose our mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, one day will come to judge the living and the dead, we must learn to recognize him as present in the events of daily life. Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will come, and who comes continuously.
serenity magnificence speak
The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God.
humility world holiness
Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.
life-and-love revenge heart
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.
humanity violence fabric
Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
raw-materials principles creation
Interdependence must be transformed into solidarity based upon the principle that the goods of creation are meant for all. That which human industry produces through the processing of raw materials with the contribution of work must serve equally for the good of all.