Benediciamo il Signore! Tutto ciò che la massoneria, cioè il diavolo, aveva fatto in sessanta e più anni contro la Chiesa e contro il Papa in Italia, tutto è stato rovesciatio. […]
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À propos de la signature des accords de Latran , dans une lettre écrite à sa famille le 24 février 1929.
Jean XXIII Citations
Jean XXIII: Citations en anglais
“[Peace must be] founded on truth, built according to justice, vivified and integrated by charity, and put into practice in freedom.”
[Pacem esse] dicimus in veritate positam, ad iustitiae praecepta constitutam, caritate altam et expletam, libertate postremo auspice effectam.
Pacem in Terris (11 April 1963), ¶ 167
“From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues.”
Journal of a Soul (1903)
Contexte: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.
Journal entry on the day Pope Pius XII died (9 October 1958); published in Journal of a Soul (1965)
Contexte: One of my favorite phrases that brings me great comfort: We are not on earth as museum keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future. The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope!
Journal of a Soul (1903)
Contexte: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.