Open Mind, Faithful Heart Author: Pope Francis Jorge M Bergoglio Gustavo Larr?zabal SJ Owens Joseph | Language: English | ISBN:
B00H8Z56T0 | Format: PDF
Open Mind, Faithful Heart Description
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.
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- Print Length: 320 pages
- Publisher: The Crossroad Publishing Company (November 18, 2013)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B00H8Z56T0
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"Open Mind, Faithful Heart" is a wonderful collection of forty-eight brief reflections (I deliberately avoid describing them as "essays") written by then-Cardinal Bergoglio. Many of them read as if they began as short talks given during retreats, but whatever their origin, they are a wonderful, delightful and insightful resource for a questing heart and soul. I would strongly recommend that a person encountering this book for the first time should not read it as one would read an autobiography, even a spiritual autobiography, for this is not that kind of text. Rather, I recommend that one scan the Table of Contents and select a reflection that has particular resonance or interest, and prayerfully enter into the reflection as if going on retreat.
The text itself has been arranged somewhat thematically into four broad categories, but there is great variety even within each section. Several things stand out in each and every reflection. First is the overall tone of the texts. In the months since his election to the See of Peter, all have been struck by the new Pope's simplicity of style, he warm and engaging relationships with all he meets, and his focus on God's mercy and human touch. This is often contrasted with his predecessor's more academic style, tone, and obvious intellectual bent. These essays, however, broaden our appreciation of Pope Francis, for this is a many who has an intellectual brilliance and sophistication that might easily be overlooked. It is a useful reminder that our popes are all complex human beings who defy easy and simplistic characterization.
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