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Joy and holiness are intimately interrelated. When holiness unfolds in the context of our daily life, joy increases in the same process. Deep joy is growth in holiness.
I smile, and the world smiles with me.
I laugh, and the world laughs too.
I praise you, dear God, and the world breaks out in song.
For you are the source of my joy,
the wellspring of my love,
the key to my compassion.
Be with me today, tomorrow, and forever,
that I may bring your joy to all I meet.
According to author Eileen Egan, Mother Teresa often gave people unexpected advice:
When a group of Americans visited her in Calcutta, they asked her for some advice to take home to their families.
“Smile at your wives,” she told them. “Smile at your husbands.”
Thinking perhaps that the advice was simplistic, coming from an unmarried person, one of them asked, “Are you married?”
“Yes,” she replied to their surprise, “and I find it very…
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