{"product_id":"radical-love-the-revolutionary-spirituality-of-francis-of-assisi-9798996859511","title":"Radical Love: The Revolutionary Spirituality of Francis of Assisi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecovering the Saint We Actually Need.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA contemporary spiritual guide for anyone hungry for a deeper walk with God, released for the 800th anniversary of the death of Francis of Assisi (1226-2026).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can feel that something is off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot catastrophically. Just persistently. The pace, the pressure, the noise of a life that looks fine from the outside and feels emptier than it should. The sense that something in your spiritual life is asking for more than the surface answers you have been given.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight hundred years ago, a young man in Assisi felt the same fracture. Francis had everything his world said should be enough: wealth, charm, status, admiration. Then he encountered something that changed him completely. He walked away from the life he was expected to live and built a new one around a love so radical it broke every category his world had for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot love as sentiment. Not love as self-help. Love as the kind of daily, transformative fidelity that kissed lepers, crossed enemy lines unarmed, and gave birth to one of the great spiritual movements in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRadical Love\u003c\/em\u003e, contemplative teacher Anthony Profeta recovers the Francis we actually need. Not the garden-statue saint, but the barefoot revolutionary whose life shows us what a soul on fire with God actually looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow This Book Will Transform Your Spiritual Life: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross eleven principles drawn directly from Francis's life, and tested across Profeta's own decades of contemplative practice in the Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions, \u003cem\u003eRadical Love\u003c\/em\u003e offers a proven path through the spiritual exhaustion of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these pages, you will: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeepen your walk with God through contemplative practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover a lasting joy that does not depend on your circumstances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFace fear with the peace only genuine spiritual practice can give\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease the need for approval that keeps you small and afraid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee the sacred in every person, including those you find hardest to love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMove through grief, guilt, and shame into the freedom that grace makes possible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild a life organized entirely around radical, generous, transforming love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter pairs Francis's teaching with practical application, guided contemplative meditation, and prayer. This gives you not just wisdom to admire but tools you can use in the life you are actually living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a seasoned contemplative, a spiritually curious seeker, or someone quietly hungry for a more meaningful walk with God, this book meets you where you are and invites you into the deeper spiritual life you have been longing for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of Richard Rohr, Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, and the contemporary contemplative renewal, this is the book Francis of Assisi has been waiting for.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are tired of spirituality that asks nothing and changes nothing, \u003cem\u003eRadical Love\u003c\/em\u003e is your invitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegin here. Walk forward. 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