Chapter 2

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 CONGREGATION FOR INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE
AND SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE 

YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE

REJOICE!

A letter to consecrated men and women
A message from the teachings of Pope Francis

“I want to say one word
to you and this word is joy.
Wherever consecrated people are,
there is always joy!”.

Pope FRANCIS

COMFORT,
COMFORT MY PEOPLE
…….

Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Isaiah 40:1-2

Listening

…The words that Isaiah uses: Comfort... speak tenderly, are found regularly in the Old Testament. These recurrences are of particular value in dialogues of tenderness and affection. Thus Ruth recognises that Boaz has “comforted me and spoken kindly” (cf. Ruth 2:13...

Rome, 2 February 2014
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord