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A Good Life

15 Essential Habits for Living with Hope and Joy

Audiobook
1 of 2 copies available
1 of 2 copies available

In this internationally bestselling book, Pope Francis shares his rules for living a happy and fulfilling life.
Life can be hard, but no matter what challenges you are facing, Pope Francis wants you to know you were created by God for this moment. There is always a way to find joy and to celebrate the wonder of the life we have been given. In this brand-new book, Pope Francis encourages us to defend and protect the light that shines in us. He also reminds us of the importance of gratitude, warns Christians against complacency, and encourages face-to-face connection. He points us toward the light, and also opens up with powerful vulnerability about times he has faced the darkness himself, calling us all to meaningful prayer. None of us knows how many days are left before us.
The wisdom in this heartfelt collection will encourage, inspire, equip, and ultimately help you to live a beautiful and meaningful life.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 8, 2024
      Pope Francis (A Gift of Joy and Hope) distills lucid lessons for a life of faith and fulfillment. In brief chapters, he urges readers to offer sincere gratitude to God, “believe in the existence of lofty and beautiful truths,” and “learn how to dream big” by “seek out the ideals of justice and social love that are born of hope” without recreating an “unjust, and already ill” past. The core of his message is to love others “as they are and not as we would want them to be,” particularly when they’re socially disenfranchised, as Jesus was in life. (That love should above all be tangible, the pope adds, reminding readers that Jesus advised his followers to give food to the hungry and visit the sick, because “faith dies without action.”) While Pope Francis doesn’t shy away from critiques of modern life, imploring readers to seek happiness in God rather than in material possessions and cataloguing the dangers of “digital relationships” that “lack all the complexities involved in building a friendship,” his concerns mostly come across as measured rather than out of touch, and the persistent encouragement to “let yourself be loved by God for He loves you just as you are” rings true. Catholics will find hope and assurance in this uplifting guide. Agent: Luigi Bonomi, LBA.

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