EG-7

“... Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met.

I can say that the most beautiful and natural expressions of joy which I have seen in my life were in poor people who had little to hold on to.

I also think of the real joy shown by others who, even amid pressing professional obligations, were able to preserve, in detachment and simplicity, a heart full of faith.

In their own way, all these instances of joy flow from the infinite love of God, who has revealed himself to us in Jesus Christ ...”