A Novena in Honor of Ven. Bruno Lanteri Day 4 – In Preparation for the Seminar/Retreat

Day 4 – Strengthening the Reasons to be Joyful 1. Our gratitude requires it. We have an obligation to be thankful for the spiritual goods we possess. How will we ever show enough appreciation for them unless we really enjoy them and celebrate them? 2. Our honor demands it. How can we rejoice and show gratitude [for spiritual goods] if we are sad and melancholy? One would enjoy, most certainly, being favored by a prince, receiving worldly riches and the hope for even more. Do we have any excuse for not enjoying being favored by God, receiving spiritual riches and the well-founded hope of eternal riches yet to come? 3. Sacred Scripture testifies that God’s manifest desire is our joy. Here are some of the Lord’s invitations: • “Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4) • “Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:20) • “I recognized that there is nothing better than to rejoice and to do well during life.” (Ecclesiastes 3:12) • “Nothing is more delightful than joy of the heart.” (Sirach 30:16) • “Go, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart, because your works are pleasing to God.” (Ecclesiastes 9:7) • “Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; exult, all you upright of heart.” (Psalm 32:11)” The post A Novena in Honor of Ven. Bruno Lanteri Day 4 – In Preparation for the Seminar/Retreat appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.