Author: | Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio | ISBN: | 9780824520250 |
Publisher: | The Crossroad Publishing Company | Publication: | November 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | The Crossroad Publishing Company | Language: | English |
Author: | Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
ISBN: | 9780824520250 |
Publisher: | The Crossroad Publishing Company |
Publication: | November 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | The Crossroad Publishing Company |
Language: | English |
These challenging meditations on the scriptures provide valuable insight into how Pope Francis understands the person of Jesus and the Christian calling. Anticipating his retirement as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio gathered together his most probing reflections on the meaning of Christian discipleship. In these profound texts Cardinal Bergoglio draws on the Gospels and the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius to explain how all Christians are called to follow Jesus in the struggle to make God’s reign a reality on earth.
These challenging meditations on the scriptures provide valuable insight into how Pope Francis understands the person of Jesus and the Christian calling. Anticipating his retirement as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio gathered together his most probing reflections on the meaning of Christian discipleship. In these profound texts Cardinal Bergoglio draws on the Gospels and the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius to explain how all Christians are called to follow Jesus in the struggle to make God’s reign a reality on earth.