Pope John
Pope John
sacred-scripture week found
When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comfortable. Then I searched through Sacred Scripture for something saying I had to eat alone. I found nothing, so I gave it up and it's much better now.
heart giving heart-full-of-love
Whoever has a heart full of love always has something to give.
jesus catholic church
Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.
family world whole
The whole world is my family.
humble people proud
Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
integrity men right-to-life
Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.
peace equality mutual-help
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
jesus blessed eye
The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object Jesus, God and man, really present in the most holy Eucharist. The spirit of sacrifice, of humiliation, of scorn for self in the eyes of men, will be illuminated, supported and strengthened by the constant thought of Jesus, humiliated and despised in the Blessed Sacrament
peace men rights
The solidarity which binds all men together as members of a common family makes it impossible for wealthy nations to look with indifference upon the hunger, misery and poverty of other nations whose citizens are unable to enjoy even elementary human rights. The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.
country order diversity
The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.
truth rights justice
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life.
silence may prudent
Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.
angel paradise praying
An angel of Paradise, no less, is always beside me, wrapped in everlasting ecstasy on his Lord. So I am ever under the gaze of an angel who protects and prays for me.
feelings good-company smallness
The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.