You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
Pope John Paul IIChrist is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.
Pope John Paul IIThe Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
Pope John Paul IIFaced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape.
Pope John Paul II