Happy Are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom [Paperback]

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Category: Books (Religion)
Author: Thomas Dubay
Author: Thomas Dubay
ISBN-10: 0898709210
ISBN-10: 0898709210
ISBN-13: 9780898709216
ISBN-13: 9780898709216
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Pages: 200
Pages: 200
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-Jan-2002
Pub Date: 01-Jan-2002
SKU: 0898709210-11-MING
SKU: 0898709210-11-MING
Item ID: 100366717
List Price: $16.95

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To the modern mind, the concept of poverty is often confused with destitution. But destitution emphatically is not the Gospel ideal. A love-filled sharing frugality is the message, and?Happy Are You Poor?explains the meaning of this beatitude lived and taught by Jesus himself. But isn't simplicity in lifestyle meant only for nuns and priests? Are not all of us to enjoy the goodness and beauties of our magnificent creation? Are parents to be frugal with the children they love so much?

The renowned spiritual writer Dubay gives surprising replies to these questions. He explains how material things are like extensions of our persons and thus of our love. If everyone lived this love there would be no destitution.

After presenting the richness of the Gospel message, more beautiful than any other world view, he explains how Gospel frugality is lived in each state of life.

Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M., is a retreat master and spiritual director for religious communities around the country, as well as a highly regarded speaker at conferences and retreats for lay people in North America. He has hosted five different 13-part television series on the topics of spirituality and prayer, and is the best-selling author of such acclaimed spiritual works as Fire Within, Prayer Primer and Happy Are You Poor.