An excerpt from
CHAPTER FOUR: SIGNS OF HOLINESS IN TODAY'S WORLD
124. Mary, recognizing the newness that Jesus brought, sang: “My spirit rejoices” (
Lk 1:47), and Jesus himself “rejoiced in the Holy Spirit” (
Lk 10:21). As he passed by, “all the people rejoiced” (
Lk 13:17). After his resurrection, wherever the disciples went, there was “much joy” (
Acts 8:8). Jesus assures us: “You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy... I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you” (
Jn 16:20.22). “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” (
Jn 15:11).