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"Dear friends, be glad! Do not be afraid of being joyful!"
--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
Author Notes
Pope Francis I was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He was ordained a Catholic Priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, and was created a Cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on February 28, 2013, Bergoglio was elected as his successor by a papal enclave. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit Pope, the first Pope from the Americas and the first non-European Pope since Pope Gregory III in 741.
The Church of Mercy was collected from Pope Francis's speeches, homilies and papers presented during the first year of his papacy. and details his vision for the Catholic Church.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Booklist Review
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.--Olson, Ray Copyright 2016 Booklist
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| 1 The Extraordinary Year of Mercy | p. 1 |
| 2 The Essential Thing Is Mercy | p. 7 |
| 3 God's Patience toward Us | p. 19 |
| 4 Jesus Is Risen! We Have Seen Him! | p. 27 |
| 5 Our Joy Is Jesus Christ | p. 35 |
| 6 The Presence of God in the Family | p. 43 |
| 7 Love Is the Measurement of Faith | p. 53 |
| 8 Jesus Has Shared Our Journey | p. 61 |
| 9 The Holy Spirit Is the Soul of Mission | p. 69 |
| 10 The Church, God's Great Family | p. 79 |
| 11 Mary, Model of Union with Christ | p. 83 |
| 12 The Saints, Anchored in Hope | p. 89 |
| Endnotes | p. 93 |
| About the Editor and Compiler | p. 109 |