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A Joy No One Can Steal
3 min
Gospel
Jn 16:20-23
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world. So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
Readings are taken from Dynamic Catholic’s Bible: RSV Catholic Edition.
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Transcript
A Joy No One Can Steal
Did a word or a phrase or an idea jump out at you? What jumped out at me today was this phrase, "No one will take your joy from you." It's like every day there's probably somebody, maybe even many people, try and take your joy from you, right? And often we surrender our joy with disturbing ease, shall we say. We let the tiniest things that people do rob us of our joy or take our joy from us.
As you make your way through the day today, don't let people take your joy from you. Your joy comes from God. Hold on to it. Protect it. Guard it. Don't let people take your joy from you, especially for the tiniest little things of inconvenience or personal preference or things like that. Guard your joy. Protect your joy. It comes from God. Don't let people take your joy from you today. Be bold, Be Catholic. We'll see you tomorrow.
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