Hello Everybody,

According to aides, Pope John Paul II has just been given the Last
Rites.  Here are a few words of wisdom from this great Pope -

"Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation,
depends upon one simple factor: humanity must make a moral about-face."
- JPII

"The most faithful disciples of Christ have been builders of peace, to
the point of forgiving their enemies, sometimes even to the point of
giving their lives for them."
- JPII

"On my knees I beg you to turn away from the paths of violence and to
return to the ways of peace....Violence only delays the day of justice.
Violence destroys the work of justice....Do not follow any leaders who
train you in the ways of inflicting death.  Love life, respect life, in
yourself and in others.  Give yourself to the service of life, not th4e
work of death....Violence is the enemy of justice.  Only peace can lead
the way to true justice."
- JPII

"Violence is a lie, for it goes against the truth of our faith, the
truth of our humanity.  Violence destroys what it claims to defend: the
dignity, the life, the freedom of human beings.  Violence is a crime
against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society....To all
of you who are listening I say: Do not believe in volence; do not
support violence.  It is not the Christian way.  It is not the way of
the Catholic Church.  Believe in peace and forgiveness and love, for
they are of Christ."
- JPII

"To remember the past
is to commit oneself to the future.
To remember Hiroshima
is to abhor nuclear war.
...In the face of the...calamity
that every war is,
one must affirm and reaffirm,
again and again,
that the waging of war
is not inevitable or unchangeable.
Humanity is not destined to self-destruction."
- JPII

"...Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary
inheritance?  How are we to explain this unbridled race?"
- JPII

"Today, the scale and horror of modeern warfare - whether nuclear or not
- makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences
between nations.  War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it
should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future."
- JPII

"Peace is our work....To everyone, Christians, believers, and men and
women of good will, I say: Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace,
to teach peace....Peace will be the last word of history."
- JPII

--Lee


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