Pope John Paul II: His Essential Wisdom
I found this book while browsing at Barnes & Noble. It is a small digest size hard back containing 117 pages of quotes from Pope John Paul II. It was edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi. The quotes are divided into a quite a few topics including peace in the world, suffering and death, and the modern world. The quotes are very inspirational and many will make sense to young people. It appears that this book is still available used and new at Amazon.com. Here are a few choice quotes. I tried to get a link to the original source where possible.
- “A mother’s presence in the family, so critical to the stability and growth of that basic unit of society, should instead be recognized, applauded and supported in every possible way. By the same token society needs to call husbands and fathers to their family responsibilities, and ought to strive for a situation in which they will not be forced by economic circumstances to move away from the home in search of work.” - Papal Message on Women’s Conference, 1995.
- “God calls every person, and his voice makes itself heard even in the hearts of children: he calls people to live in marriage or to be priests; he calls them to consecrated life or perhaps to work in the missions… Who can say? Pray, dear boys and girls, that you will find out what your calling is, and that you will follow it generously.” - Letter of the Pope to Children, 1994.
- “Death itself is anything but an event without hope. It is the door which opens wide on eternity and, for those who live in Christ, an experience of participation in the mystery of his Death and Resurrection.” - Evangelium Vitae, 1995.
- “What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.” - On visiting the imprisoned Mehmet Ali Agca, who wounded the Pope in a 1981 assassination attempt, as reported in Time, January, 1984.
- Pope John Paul II
posted by CatholicFatherOf2 @ 11:30 AM
1 Comments:
I copied and emailed the first quote about a mother's presence in the family to several of my friends and family members. I hope it encourages them to know that is their most important job - even though thankless at times. I miss John Paul II. He truly was a great man.
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