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https://frcgeorgemclaret.blogspot.com/2020/11/journey-with-mary-11-joy-of-having-jesus.html Human beings have become more stupid and idiotic than ever.
Yes, you have heard me right – we have become more foolish, stupid and idiotic than the previous generations.
We are living in a world of joylessness and a long list of negative feelings of discontent, excitableness, disappointment, dissatisfaction, displeasure, worry, sadness, trouble, misery, unhappiness, upset, agitation, discomfort, and etc.
We have become sadder and more hopeless than previous generations. Having become the most equipped generation ever lived on the face of the earth, we should have become wiser and more intelligent, sadly the opposite is true.
We are standing under the hot sun seeking chillness and checking the fridge for hot coffee.
God’s word through the prophet Isaiah so many thousand years ago proves right even today.
Isaiah 55: 1-13
An Invitation to Abundant Life
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
Joy isn't emotional, in the sense that we commonly think of joy; rather, it is the state of being undisturbed by the negative things in life.
12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
CCC 1832
The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: Charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity. (Gal 5:22-23 VULG)
“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.” - St. Augustine of Hippo
Joylessness is restlessness and this restlessness is Jesus-lessness. This restlessness can be compared to a mother who has lost her child in a crowd. The longer it gets the greater is the intensity of the restlessness of the mother.
Mary has been the most joyful human person lived on the earth; not because he was rich, intelligent, learned or powerful in the eyes of the world, but because she had Jesus in her womb first and then in her being thereafter. Always she was in constant communion with Him, even after giving birth to Him.
St. Augustine too experienced the same. He was surely very intelligent, must have been powerful. When he was away from Jesus, he was restless as we have seen earlier. Once he realised the indwelling Jesus, he became joyful. His powerful writings are still motivations for us to follow his footsteps.
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