Quotes from Pope John Paul II
God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
- Pope John Paul II
The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
- Pope John Paul II
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.'
- Pope John Paul II
In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
- Pope John Paul II
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.
- Pope John Paul II
A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You.. the people must give it this soul.
- Pope John Paul II
Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.
- Pope John Paul II
Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
- Pope John Paul II
Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.
- Pope John Paul II
A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
- Pope John Paul II
The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.
- Pope John Paul II
Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?
- Pope John Paul II