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  Word of God  
 
In God
our hearts find joy.
Psalm 33:21
 


While on earth you are already in heaven
if you love the Lord.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Happy is the people whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 144:15
 


We must search out the life of happiness,
we must ask for it from the Lord our God.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Take delight in the Lord.
Psalm 37:4
 


If you desire to be happy,
make God your final and ultimate goal.

 
'The Imitation of Christ' Thomas a Kempis

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Come to me,
I will give you rest.
Jesus; Matthew 11:28
 


It is joy which invites us.

 
St. Katharine Drexel, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7
 


Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things.

 
St. David, 6th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Comfort, give comfort to my people,
says your God.
Isaiah 40:1
 


Sadness and fear can make way for joy,
because the Lord Himself will guide his people
on the path of freedom and salvation.

 
Pope Francis, 21st century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
That your joy may be full.
Jesus; John 15:11
 


Jesus bestowed on us the dignity of his own divine nature
and prepared for us a place of eternal rest
where there will be joy so intense
as to surpass all human imagination.

 
St. Basil the Great, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I will rejoice
and be glad in your love.
Psalm 31:7
 


Those who love God are made happy in their love of him.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

 

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