Enter Holy Week With the Joy of Minds Made Pure
‘For by your gracious gift each year, your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts with the joy of minds made pure.’ (Preface I of Lent)
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The Joy of Fasting
“The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others.” (Catechism 1434)
Joy Is at the Heart of the Christian Experience
‘The Church’s vocation is to bring joy to the world. A joy that is authentic and enduring. The joy proclaimed by the angels to the shepherds on the night Jesus was born.’ — Pope Benedict XVI
Lay Hold of Joy This Easter Season
“Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is a net by which you can catch souls.” —St. Teresa of Calcutta
The Gift of Perseverance Gives Us Joy
“The gift of perseverance gives us joy. It gives us the certainty that we are loved by the Lord, and this love sustains us...” —Pope Benedict XVI
5 Things That Gratitude Powerfully Unleashes in Your Life
Being genuinely grateful to God will unlock your power to enjoy your life.
The Real St. Nicholas Didn’t Need to Act Jolly — He Knew Christian Joy
Worldly people mock Catholicism for her fasts, but in doing so deprive themselves of her feasts.
The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary Inspire Joyful Witnesses to the Gospel
“To meditate upon the joyful mysteries … is to enter into the ultimate causes and the deepest meaning of Christian joy.” (Pope St. John Paul II)
![Nicolas Poussin, “Sts. Peter and John Healing the Lame Man,” 1655 — “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” ... He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.” [Acts 3:6, 8].](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20211021011024_8ce8bd7ddbdbd774eb57a2fd8f469c86f2cca8a73f76eede23ede227115f9b5c.jpg "Nicolas Poussin, “Sts. Peter and John Healing the Lame Man,” 1655 — “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” ... He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.” [Acts 3:6, 8].")
No Reason for Being Sad
“For man was made an intelligent and free member of society by God who created him, but even more important, he is called as a son to commune with God and share in his happiness.” (Gaudium et Spes, No. 21)
Laetare Jerusalem! How You Can Crush the Devil With Holy Joy
“When spiritual joy fills hearts,” said St. Francis of Assisi, “the serpent throws off his deadly poison in vain.”
