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Inner Life of a Catholic

The Profession of Faith 

It would be impossible to write all that this man has meant to the Church and to the whole world, all we can say is that he certainly deserves the welcome in Heaven:

"Well done, good and faithful servant." 

His teachings will prove to be a treasure-house of sound and solid Catholic Teaching of the Truth in a time of harsh criticism of true Christian ideals, the complete truths of the Gospel and Apostolic Tradition and in an era of relativism, nihilism, humanism and every other un-Godly 'ism' since the time of the so-called 'enlightenment'.

These few pages won't even attempt to summarise what effect this man has had on his flock, his followers and the whole world. Instead they will point you to a little on his life and some of his writings and teachings.

His thoughts on Philosophy have opened the door to a series of teachings which he calls the Theology of the Body and this may well be one of his greatest legacies. His clear understanding of who we are, what we are and why we are, in relation to God and to each other, are taken from his deep contemplation of the Holy Scriptures. He saw the revelation of God in all its beauty through the eyes of God's creatures and developed a most beautiful Christian Humanism showing us the way God intended us to be and how we are to relate to each other right from the very beginning. He saw no distinction in race, colour or creed but rather saw the Image of God in every living person.

This section will attempt to gather together as many of his teachings as possible, they are a 'treasure chest', a collection of very 'rare jewels', a legacy that will go down in history much like the writings of Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas. 

John Paul II was a modern man for a modern era who held on to the eternal truth that never changes, as much as modern society thinks it should. He was neither conservative nor liberal he was simply Catholic and all it has stood for since the start of the Church almost 2,000 years ago. Truth doesn't come in shades of grey - half truths are lies, half truths are compromising lies, half truths are the lies of tolerence when the heart knows othewise.