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Eternity Is Nothing To Trivalize

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      "While many prefer to avoid these ultimate questions and some are tempted to think of salvation as a right and as a foregone conclusion, the Church must continue to remind people of the awesome reality of human freedom, the price of salvation (cf. 1Cor. 7: 23) and the riches of divine mercy (cf. Eph. 2: 4). In doing so the Church is defending the worth and dignity of every individual against all efforts to trivialize human existence."   St. John Paul II (Pope)      [This is just one of 1200 thought-provoking and faith-building quotations you will find in Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire! - Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct ] 

This Is My God!

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(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) God is all powerful; God has a great love for me; God is faithful to his promises.   It is He, the God of mercies, who fills me with the confidence. With Him, I do not feel alone, or useless, or abandoned, but involved in a plan of salvation that one day will lead to Paradise. St. John Paul II (Pope)

Look Into The Mirror To See Both The Cause And The Solution

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(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The causes of evil are not to be found outside man, but, above all, in the depth of his heart.  Its cure also comes from the heart.  Consequently, Christians must rebel against the debasing of man, through a sincere determination to be truly converted themselves, and must show forth in their own lives, the joy of being truly freed from sin…by means of a sincere repentance, their firm resolution of amendment and the courageous confession of their faults. Saint John Paul II (Pope)