--- ---  # 7 Inspirational Messages From Pope Francis for Easter by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 3, 2015 12:45 PM CUT  Loyola Press by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 3, 2015 12:45 PM CUT The most important event in the Catholic liturgy is this weekend, and Pope Francis has a new book coming out as an Easter present to his flock. The book is a collection of various sermons and speeches he has given in the last two years, on topics ranging from wisdom to poverty. Here are seven thought-provoking excerpts from [_Walking With Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0829442480?tag=timecom-20 "undefined"), out Sunday. **On faith:** --- > “” --- _\-From the encyclical Lumen Fidei, June 29, 2013_ **On knowledge:** --- > “” --- _\-From the encyclical Lumen Fidei, June 29, 2013_ **On consumerism:** --- > “” --- _\-From the Message f_ _or the 29th World Youth Day, Jan. 21, 2014_ **On compassion:** --- > “” --- _\-From the Message for the 29th World Youth Day, Jan. 21, 2014_ **On illness:** --- > “” --- _\-From a general audience, Feb. 26, 2014_ **On marriage:** --- > “” --- _\-From a general audience, April 2, 2014_ **On communication:** --- > “” --- _\-From the Message for the 48th World Communication Day, Jan. 24, 2014_ Inspirational Messages From Pope Francis for Easter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3769196/pope-francis-book-easter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3769196/pope-francis-book-easter/"},"headline":"7 Inspirational Messages From Pope Francis for Easter","datePublished":"2015-04-03T12:45:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:39:39.629Z","description":"From the Pope's new book, Walking With Jesus","url":"https://time.com/3769196/pope-francis-book-easter/","keywords":["Books","Religion","Pope Francis topic","faith"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31801155fbd87c1b/6987867935ba6fda72c07de9/walkingwithjesus.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31801155fbd87c1b/6987867935ba6fda72c07de9/walkingwithjesus.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"WalkingWithJesus","caption":"","creditText":"Loyola Press","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3769196/pope-francis-book-easter/","name":"7 Inspirational Messages From Pope Francis for Easter"}}]}] ```