We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

Quote by Pope Paul VI

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Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind,...

You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind,...

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of...

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of...

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying....

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying....

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly...

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly...

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except...

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except...

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is...

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is...

Never give advice in a crowd.

Never give advice in a crowd.

If you want peace work for justice.

If you want peace work for justice.

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of...

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of...

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids....

In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids....

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.