John Paul Wiggin Quotes

You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more. ~ Orson Scott Card

The Church has a special duty to safeguard and strengthen the sacredness of the Eucharist. In our pluralistic and often deliberately secularized society, the living faith of the Christian community - a faith always aware of its rights vis-a-vis those who do not share the faith - ensures respect for this sacredness ~ Pope John Paul II

Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. ~ Pope John Paul II

To begin with, working class people reacted against our openness about sex. They are frightened of nudity, they're repressed in that way as well as others. Perhaps they thought 'Paul [McCartney] is a good lad, he doesn't make trouble'. ~ John Lennon

Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good. ~ Pope John Paul II

Real peace is not just a matter of structures and mechanisms. It rests above all on the adoption of a style of human coexistence marked by mutual acceptance and a capacity to forgive from the heart. We all need to be forgiven by others, so we must all be ready to forgive. Asking and granting forgiveness is something profoundly worthy of every one of us, ~ Pope John Paul II

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. ~ Pope John Paul II

You want to find your life? Then lose it," Jesus said. Lose it on others. Do you want to "manifest" something? Then manifest Christ, the fullness of the Spirit. Jesus is in the self-transcending, not the self-fulfilling, business."--Pope John Paul ll's word as written in The Jesus Manifesto ~ Leonard Sweet And Frank Viola

The morality taught by Paul and demonstrated by his converts was in stark contrast to the old, permissive morality of the ancient world. It was unconventional: It showed a love of man irrespective of his race, showed forgiveness instead of resentment for wrong, joy instead of grim endurance of adversity or oppression. ~ John Charles Pollock

A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly. ~ Pope John Paul II

The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little. ~ Pope John Paul II

Through Divination i received the name Matthew Edward Hall as the future prophet or savior. This is why i've left several messages to him in my songs. "Angel Baby," "Be My Baby," & "Tennessee" for example. I was correct about Paul, & Yoko. I'm sure i'll be correct about Matthew Edward Hall's great success. This is the only name i've ever received through divination. If Reincarnation is true, this may even be my next life. ~ John Lennon

Saint Thomas Aquinas explains how, with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, a person's whole spiritual being becomes responsive to God's light, not only the light of knowledge but also the inspiration of love. I have prayed for the gifts of the Holy Spirit since my youth and I continue to do so. ~ Pope John Paul II

Look, I can surely say by now that I've got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better. ~ Pope John Paul II

All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity. ~ Pope John Paul II

We wish to continue in following up the legacy of the Second Vatican Council whose wise regulations have still to be led to their fulfilment, being careful that a push, generous perhaps, but unduly timed, does not detract from the content and meaning of the council, and on the other hand being careful and reined and timid efforts do not slow up the magnificent drive of renewal and of life. ~ Pope John Paul I

What masters us has become our god; and Paul warns us about those whose "god is their belly" (Philippi- ans 3:19). ~ John Piper

Love is a heart smile. ~ John Paul Warren

United with the angels and saints of the heavenly Church, let us adore the most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. Prostrate, we adore this great mystery that contains God's new and definitive covenant with humankind in Christ. ~ Pope John Paul II

Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. ~ Pope John Paul II

It's one thing to make a beautiful thing; it's another thing to make a living thing. ~ John Paul Caponigro

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood. ~ Paul McCartney

The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations. ~ Pope John Paul II

Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical or political vacuum. On the contrary, it presupposes sure guarantees of individual freedom and private property, as well as a stable currency and efficient public services. ~ Pope John Paul II

A democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism. ~ Pope John Paul II

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene. ~ John Paul Stevens

Came the day of the first trial. The propellants were hydrazine and WFNA. We were all gathered around waiting for the balloon to go up, when Dr. Milton Scheer(Uncle Milty) warned,
"Hold it - the acid valve is leaking!"
"Go ahead - fire anyway!" Paul ordered.

I looked around and signaled to my own gang, and we started backing away gently, like so many cats with wet feet. ~ John D. Clark

The group of writers I had grown up with in the '60s - Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, James Simmons, John Hewitt, Paul Muldoon - formed a very necessary and self-sustaining group. ~ Seamus Heaney

The cross has two sides to it. One side is what Jesus did for us. He forgave us our sins. The other is the God side. God now lives in man! ~ John Paul Warren

Grace has a face. It is Jesus Christ. ~ John Paul Warren

Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed. ~ John Paul Warren

Even if you're not a Catholic, even if you're not a Christian, in fact even if you have no religious faith at all, what people could see in Pope John Paul was a man of true and profound spiritual faith. ~ Chris Matthews

Paul drew, however, little more than hostility from those identified as the Orthodox party, for whom any change threatened their security. ~ John Shelby Spong

An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people. ~ Shelley Berkley

Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity. ~ Pope John Paul II

They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near Nassau, seizing gunpowder and supplies. Later, during the Revolutionary War, Marines fought several engagements in their distinctive green coats, such as helping George Washington to cross the Delaware River, and assisting John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard to capture the British frigate Serapis during their famous sea fight. ~ Tom Clancy

The sin and guilt of the human race was imputed to the spotless lamb of God, Jesus Christ when He became the sin offering for the world. ~ John Paul Warren

If we justify aggression before constructive self reflection, we sustain an artificially conditioned existence submissive entirely to insecurity. You will transcend your depression only when you can accept that you are your own oppression. ~ Paul John Moscatello

If desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it. ~ Pope John Paul II

Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man. ~ Pope John Paul II