tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468221256591900939.post3417615721493489413..comments2022-03-29T23:10:57.371-05:00Comments on Immersed In Christ: Meet, Learn, ProclaimBrainiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16681402620252665717noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468221256591900939.post-14004864441543394232016-04-16T07:48:32.491-05:002016-04-16T07:48:32.491-05:00Right on! It would save a lot of grief -- and perh...Right on! It would save a lot of grief -- and perhaps spme people's faith -- if everyone knew that.Padrenochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936204619437771447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468221256591900939.post-10460145625212732492016-04-15T09:47:04.456-05:002016-04-15T09:47:04.456-05:00You speak of "Joy", which I think people...You speak of "Joy", which I think people often confuse with "pleasure." We need to understand that there is a big difference between the two concepts. Pleasure stops when the activity producing it stops. Real Joy does not work that way. For example, eating causes me to feel pleasure - while I am eating. Once I stop eating, the pleasure stops. Working out does not really produce pleasure (not for me anyway!) but I am never sorry after I have worked out. Instead, I feel a sense of Joy because I have taken care of my body. Christian Joy is like that. And, being in Communion with God produces the ultimate Joy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468221256591900939.post-8779036656253193192016-04-15T08:31:17.369-05:002016-04-15T08:31:17.369-05:00Francis says about this in "Joy of the Gospel...Francis says about this in "Joy of the Gospel":<br />6. There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved. I understand the grief of people who have to endure great suffering, yet slowly but surely we all have to let the joy of faith slowly revive as a quiet yet firm trust, even amid the greatest distress: “My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is… But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness… It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord” (Lam 3:17, 21-23, 26).Padrenochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936204619437771447noreply@blogger.com