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Joy
 


Let us listen to St Paul's words to the Philippians: "the Lord is at hand" (Phil 4: 5)
The Lord is close to us throughout our life through the Word and through the Sacraments. Let us pray that by his closeness we may always be moved in the depths of our being so that joy may be born that joy which is born when Jesus really is at hand.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Audience Hall
10 December 2008

 
 
 
Joy
 


Anyone who catches a glimpse of God experiences joy.

 
Homily,
Mass of the Night
Nativity of the Lord
St. Peter's Basilica
25 December 2010

 
 
 
Joy
 


The Lord's presence is a source of joy, for wherever he is, evil is overcome and life and peace triumph.

 
Homily
Shrine of Pompeii, Italy
19 October 2008

 
 
 
Joy
 


The only way in which we find the true meaning of life and hence true and lasting joy, is by following Jesus.

 
Homily
Terreiro do Paço
Lisbon, Portugal
11 May 2010

 
 
 
Joy
 


“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’” (Ps 121:1). The Psalmist’s joy, brimming over in the very words of the Psalm, penetrates our hearts and resonates deeply within them. We truly rejoice to enter the house of the Lord, since, as the Fathers of the Church have taught us, this house is nothing other than a concrete symbol of Jerusalem on high, which comes down to us (cf. Rev 21:2) to offer us the most beautiful of dwelling-places.

 
Homily at Vespers
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
12 September 2008

 
 
 
Joy
 


Let us revive within us the commitment to open our minds and hearts to Christ, sincerely showing him our desire to live as his true friends. Thus, we will become collaborators of his plan of salvation and witnesses of that joy which he gives to us, so that we may spread it around us in abundance.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Audience Hall
3 January 2007

 
 
 
Joy
 


Let us reawaken our commitment to open our minds and hearts to Christ, sincerely demonstrating to Him our will to live as His true friends. Thus will we become collaborators in His plan of salvation and witnesses of the joy He brings, that we may spread it abundantly about us.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Audience Hall
3 January 2007

 
 
 
Joy
 


Christ…draws all things to himself, renewing them and enabling them to share in the eternal joy of God.

 
Address for the
83rd World Mission Day
2009

 

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