Pope Francis has exhorted all Christians to announce the Gospel with joy, and has asked all Consecrated people to ensure that wherever they are present, joy is present also. This letter from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, based on the magisterium of Pope Francis, was prepared for the Year of Consecrated Life 2014-2015.

Themes include evangelisation and a faithful joyful and fertile love for those most in need the text also contains questions for all consecrated people to ponder, prompted by the teaching of Pope Francis.