Description
A life of consecration prefigures what Christians hope for by calling into question the value of power, sexuality, and material possessions. Religious life challenges the idea that these things alone bring happiness and shows that we can be more fulfilled, happier, and more whole without being attached to them. Furthermore, detaching ourselves from these desires allows others to live with more dignity and greater ease, as well. Consecrated life, then, is a prophetic witness to the joy of the eschatological call of Christianity. In the words of Pope Francis to religious men and women leading up to the Year of Consecrated Religious, "Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living!"
Author: Juliet Mousseau
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 11/08/2021
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780814666838
ISBN10: 0814666833
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic
- Religion | Monasticism
- Religion | Christian Living | Calling & Vocation
About the Author
Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, is the vice president for academic affairs at the Franciscan School of Theology. She is a medieval historical theologian whose work focuses on the twelfth-century Abbey of Saint Victor. She is coeditor, with Sarah Kohles, OSF, of In Our Own Words: Religious Life in a Changing World.