A Good Life
15 Essential Habits for Living with Hope and Joy
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Publisher Description
The beloved spiritual leader’s reflections—fifteen timeless habits for living with purpose, resilience, and joy.
In A Good Life, Pope Francis offers one of his most personal and enduring works—a wise, accessible, and deeply human guide to the daily habits that shaped his life and can transform yours. Drawn from a lifetime of spiritual leadership, this book presents fifteen essential practices that sustained him through decades of ministry, global crisis, and private trials.
This is not a list of abstract virtues or lofty theology. These are real, lived habits—things like gratitude, simplicity, mercy, connection, and spiritual attentiveness—that anyone can begin to adopt, no matter their background or beliefs. With signature humility and directness, Francis writes not from a pedestal, but from a place of shared humanity, inviting readers to rediscover the sacred in the ordinary.
Completed shortly before his passing, A Good Life is more than a book—it’s a legacy. It’s an offering from a man who lived what he taught, and who believed that joy and goodness are always possible, even in the hardest moments.
You’ll discover: How to find joy in imperfection and beauty in brokenness The importance of face-to-face connection in a digital world A refreshing, practical path to living with integrity and hope What it means to live each day as if it truly matters
This is Pope Francis at his most intimate and inspiring. A perfect gift for anyone searching for wisdom, stability, or a reset in a chaotic time.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pope Francis (A Gift of Joy and Hope) distills lucid lessons for a life of faith and fulfillment. In brief chapters, he urges readers to offer sincere gratitude to God, "believe in the existence of lofty and beautiful truths," and "learn how to dream big" by "seek out the ideals of justice and social love that are born of hope" without recreating an "unjust, and already ill" past. The core of his message is to love others "as they are and not as we would want them to be," particularly when they're socially disenfranchised, as Jesus was in life. (That love should above all be tangible, the pope adds, reminding readers that Jesus advised his followers to give food to the hungry and visit the sick, because "faith dies without action.") While Pope Francis doesn't shy away from critiques of modern life, imploring readers to seek happiness in God rather than in material possessions and cataloguing the dangers of "digital relationships" that "lack all the complexities involved in building a friendship," his concerns mostly come across as measured rather than out of touch, and the persistent encouragement to "let yourself be loved by God for He loves you just as you are" rings true. Catholics will find hope and assurance in this uplifting guide.
