Karol Wojtyla was ordained a priest in Poland on All Saints Day 1946. On Divine Mercy Sunday 2014 the Church gave him the title of Saint John Paul the Great.
St. John Paul the Great was known as the patron of the youth. He began the tradition of having World Youth Days. The following quotes remind us of the powerful teachings of St. John Paul the Great.
1. The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without down, nor storm without haven.
2. The most beautiful and stirring adventure that can happen to you is the personal meeting with Jesus, who is the only one who gives real meaning to our lives.
St. John Paul the Great
3. Do not be afraid of getting lost. The more we give of ourselves, the more we will find ourselves.
St. John Paul the Great
4. The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
St. John Paul the Great
5. How to pray? This is a simple matter. I would say: Pray any way you like, so long as you do pray;
St. John Paul the Great
6. Future begins today, not tomorrow.
St. John Paul the Great
7. Darkness can only be scattered by light. Hatred can only be conquered by love.
8. Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
St. John Paul the Great
9. Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
St. John Paul the Great
10. Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
St. John Paul the Great
11. As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.
St. John Paul the Great
12. Remember that you are never alone. Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives.
St. John Paul the Great
13. In God’s plan, nothing happens by chance.
St. John Paul the Great
14. Confession is an act of honesty and courage–an act of entrusting ourselves beyond sin, to a loving and forgiving God.
St. John Paul the Great
15. We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures. We are the sum of the Father’s love for us.
St. John Paul the Great
16. From Mary we learn to trust when all hope seems gone.
St. John Paul the Great
17. It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you.
St. John Paul the Great
18. There is no evil to be to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us and does not now bear with us.
19. If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
20. Let us remember the Past with Gratitude, Live the Present with Enthusiasm, and look forward to the Future with Confidence.
St. John Paul the Great
21. An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
St. John Paul the Great
22. Let Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts. It is he who is the true answer of life that you seek.
23. Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and halleluiah is our song.
St. John Paul the Great
24. The worst prison would be a closed heart.
St. John Paul the Great
25. Freedom consist not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
St. John Paul the Great
