{"id":28371,"date":"2015-05-09T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T17:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=28371"},"modified":"2015-05-09T12:34:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T17:34:01","slug":"everyday-wisdom-from-pope-francis-daily-homilies-now-all-in-one-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2015\/05\/everyday-wisdom-from-pope-francis-daily-homilies-now-all-in-one-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Wisdom from Pope Francis’ Daily Homilies–Now All in One Place!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Encountering<\/a>How often I\u2019ve enjoyed the little pearls of wisdom which come from Pope Francis\u2019 morning homilies!<\/strong> \u201cThat would be a great blog post!\u201d<\/em> I say to\u00a0myself; but all too frequently, I don\u2019t get around to writing about it. Life goes on.<\/p>\n

Each morning when he\u2019s at home in Vatican City,<\/strong> Pope Francis celebrates an early morning Mass in the chapel at his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. \u00a0The audience varies\u2013journalists, nuns and priests, office workers, gardeners, and heads of state; and the homily, while always tied to the Gospel for the day, frequently speaks directly to the needs of the gathered worshippers.<\/p>\n

Now you can revisit the familiar off-the-cuff remarks which have become a hallmark of this papacy<\/strong>\u2013not just reading the soundbytes, but savoring the full message.\u00a0\u00a0Now Image Books, a division of Penguin Random House, has gathered 186 of those brief homilies into a single volume,\u00a0Encountering Truth: Meeting God in the Everyday<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be captivated by Pope Francis\u2019\u00a0single-page homilies<\/strong> which offer commonsense wisdom and homespun truths such as these:<\/p>\n