With a preface by Pope Francis
"We all need joy, every human being needs it and is created to enjoy the love of the Creator" - from the preface by Pope Francis
In these pages, Fr. Maurizio Mirilli speaks of something we all seek: true joy, whose root and source is the Mercy of God that fills us when we free ourselves from our sins and return to the Lord. A full joy that belongs to those who make the outcast – those who are usually rejected by the society as Jesus was – protagonists. He also tells us about the joy of being surprised by the liberating power of God's forgiveness, which is always offered to us in difficult times, when we seem to have lost the way. With this book full of happiness and hope, Fr. Maurizio urges the reader to live a full and authentic life and to leave, instead, the satisfactions fruit of a world that pushes to be content with temporary and ephemeral things.
Maurizio Mirilli carries out his pastoral ministry among young people. Since 2009 he has been Director of the Youth Ministry Service of the Diocese of Rome. He created the “Casa della Gioia" for people with disabilities, inaugurated in May 2018 by Pope Francis. With Edizioni San Paolo he has published 365 motivi per non avere paura (2013).