Unlocking Catholic Literature

Why have we lost our joy in sharing the gospel, why do we dislike giving of our time in ministry efforts in our churches? Pope Francis covers some key pitfalls that we can succumb too in our evangelization efforts and how this effect us and the people we encounter.

In this episode we go over temptations face by pastoral workers. How important is the sharing of the gospel to us? How important is it to us for other people to come to know Christ? What are some things that prevent us from having a missionary zeal?

In this episode, Pope Francis covers the importance of passing down the faith within the family and having a culture of faith as well.

In this episode, Pope Francis touches on the deterioration of families, ethics, and society.

In this episode, Pope Francis hits us hard with the reality of the corruptive nature of money and our current economic system. He also relates that to our apathy towards the poor and neglecting and excluding people in our society.

In this last section of chapter 1, Pope Francis shares the importance of the church being open physically, sacramentally, and community. He also shares the importance of being with the poor and how they are inseparable to our faith.

How we say something might be more important than what we are saying. Pope Francis explains the importance of the way we express our faith and how that requires change in order to reach the people of today.

In this episode, Pope Francis shares the importance of sharing the Heart of the Gospel before discussing secondary matters of the faith wether with friends or in homily.

In this first Chapter, Pope Francis starts to discuss the idea of sharing the Joy in the context of a community. He answers the question, what does a community that shares the good news look like?

Today, Pope Francis talks about the three settings in which we evangelize, the third being the most important one. He also introduces the topics he will discuss in his exhortation.