On November 24, 2013, Pope Francis issued a pastoral exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium ("The Joy of the Gospel") which urged a joyful proclamation of the Gospel to the world.
"I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them; I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each day," wrote Pope Francis in the exhortation, whose publication came at the conclusion of the Year of Faith.
This year's Little Blue Book will reflect on the infancy narrative of St. Luke. Beacuse he is known as the "joyful evangelist," joy will be the theme of many of the left-hand pages.
- Little Blue Book, Diocese of Saginaw