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  Word of God  
 
I take joy in clinging to God.
Psalm 73:28
 


True joy, genuine festival, means casting out wickedness;
to live a life of perfect goodness and,
in the serenity of the fear of God,
to practice contemplation in one’s heart.

 
St. Athanasius, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Rejoice in the Lord always.
Philippians 4:4
 


God is infinite joy.
Always live with great joy.

 
St Tersea of the Andes, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Lord, in the morning
let me know your love.
Psalm 143:8
 


Let us find our joy in God
who gives himself wholly to us
to be our only blessing.

 
'Abandonment to Divine Providence', Jean Pierre de Caussade, 18th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Taste and see
that the Lord is sweet.
Psalm 34:8
 


Whoever tastes your sweetness, Lord,
has no care for any other happiness.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Lord, your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart.
Jeremiah 15:16
 


Man cannot live without joy;
therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys
it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Your sorrow will be turned to joy.
Jesus; John 16:20
 


See to it that you are not suddenly saddened
by the adversities of this world,
for you don’t know the good they bring,
being ordained in the judgments of God
for the everlasting joy of the elect.

 
St. John of the Cross, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
God is love.
1 John 4:8
 


God is love and His love is the secret of our happiness.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 33:1
 


Be humble, be simple, and bring joy to others.

 
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, 19th century

 

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