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The Joy of Discipleship
Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ
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—Pope Francis, from The Joy of Discipleship
Near the end of Luke's Gospel, two disciples slowly make their way home from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus. At the outset, they are deeply saddened by Jesus' tragic death. By that evening, however, they have made a 180-degree turn: from dejected disciples to followers filled with joy—a joy they simply must share with others as fast as they can. What accounts for this change? They have encountered the risen Christ!
In The Joy of Discipleship, Pope Francis reminds us that joy should be one of the defining characteristics of any person who has truly encountered Jesus. This skillfully curated collection of homilies, speeches, and other documents from Pope Francis, compiled and edited by James P. Campbell, offers a fresh perspective on why Christian disciples should be so joyful in the first place and how that joy might manifest itself in our individual daily lives. Covering a broad range of themes—Christ's Resurrection, mercy, wealth and poverty, the Christian family, and more—The Joy of Discipleship moves us to meditate on Christ and then inspires us to move out from our own four walls, jubilantly proclaiming God's transforming love in word and deed.
For anyone who wants what Pope Francis has—an active, abiding, authentic love for Jesus Christ, for the Church, and for the people of this world—The Joy of Discipleship will point the way.
"This volume gives us a portrait of the Pope and what amazing joy fills his life, his mind, his teaching . . . his discipleship!"
—From the foreword by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780829443882
- File size: 1196 KB
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- ISBN: 9780829443882
- File size: 1196 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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February 1, 2016
Made up of excerpts from speeches, homilies, and documents, this little book about personal Christianity, about following in Christ's footsteps, presents the essence of Pope Francis' ministry. That ministry is prodigiously hopeful, refulgent with the good news of salvation. Mercy is the essence of the Gospel, Francis inculcates, and no one is too sinful to receive it nor can anyone be too tardy in accepting it, for God's patience is infinite. Upon accepting it, one may know the joy of Christ's Resurrection and one's relationship as a sibling of Christ because one has chosen to follow in the way of love expressed in compassion for all, particularly through living in the image of God for humans, the married couple. Through such a way of life, one becomes united with the church and, ultimately, with Christ, taking everyone as sisters and brothers. This is all very familiar stuff to Christians, or it should be. Francis says it all over again with remarkable clarity, friendliness, and beauty.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)
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