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“The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.”Pope John Paul IIPhilosophy
“The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.”
“Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.”Pope John Paul IIWisdom
“In suffocating the voice of conscience, passion carries with itself a restlessness of the body and the senses: it is the restlessness of the "external man." When the internal man has been reduced to silence, then passion, once it has been given freedom of action, so to speak, exhibits itself as an insistent tendency to satisfy the senses and the body.”Pope John Paul IIWisdom
“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”Pope John Paul IIHope