Amoris laetitia
Subtitle: The joy of love : on love in the family : post-synodal Apostolic exhortation : Amoris Lætitia of the Holy Father Francis to bishops, priests and deacons, consecrated persons, Christian married couples, and all the lay faithful
By: Pope Francis
Publisher: Word Among Us Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Frederick, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781593253028
Subjects: Papal documents; Doctrines; Love; Christianity; Joy; Families; Religious life; Catholic Church; Apostolic exhortations (Papal letters); Documents pontificaux; Amour; Aspect religieux; Christianisme; Joie; Doctrinal Theology; Église catholique
Other titles: Joy of love
Work titles: Amoris lætitia
Description: Pope Francis takes a pastoral approach to the family in this long-awaited exhortation. This is an important document that will guide the Church for years to come in its care and attention to the family in all its dimensions. A study guide is included so it can be used for small-group discussion and reflection. Or read it together as a family!--from publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: In the light of the Word. You and your wife ; Your children are as the shoots of an olive tree ; A path of suffering and blood ; The work of your hands ; The tenderness of an embrace; title: The experiences and challenges of families. The current reality of the family ; Some challenges; title: Looking to Jesus : the vocation of the family. Jesus restores and fulfills God's plan ; The family in the documents of the Church ; The sacrament of matrimony ; Seeds of the Word and imperfect situations ; The transmission of life and the rearing of children ; The family and the Church; title: Love in marriage. Our daily love ; Growing in conjugal love ; Passionate love ; The transformation of love; title: Love made fruitful. Welcoming a new life ; An expanding fruitfulness ; Life in the wider family; title: Some pastoral perspectives. Proclaiming the gospel of the family today ; Preparing engaged couples for marriage ; Accompanying the first years of married life ; Casting light on crises, worries and difficulties ; When death makes us feel its sting; title: Towards a better education of children. Where are our children? ; The ethical formation of children ; The value of correction as an incentive ; Patient realism ; Family life as an educational setting ; The need for sex education ; Passing on the faith; title: Accompanying, discerning and integrating weakness. Gradualness in pastoral care ; The discernment of "irregular" situations ; Mitigating factors in pastoral discernment ; Rules and discernment ; The logic of pastoral mercy; title: The spirituality of marriage and the family. A spirituality of supernatural communion ; Gathered in prayer in the light of Easter ; A spirituality of exclusive and free love ; A spirituality of care, consolation and incentive; title: Study guide.