Jesus bestowed on us the dignity of his own divine nature
and prepared for us a place of eternal rest
where there will be joy so intense
as to surpass all human imagination.

 
St. Basil the Great, 4th century

Those who love God are made happy in their love of him.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

True joy, genuine festival, means casting out wickedness;
to live a life of perfect goodness and,
in the serenity of the fear of God,
to practice contemplation in one’s heart.

 
St. Athanasius, 4th century

God is infinite joy.
Always live with great joy.

 
St Tersea of the Andes, 20th century

Let us find our joy in God
who gives himself wholly to us
to be our only blessing.

 
'Abandonment to Divine Providence', Jean Pierre de Caussade, 18th century

Whoever tastes your sweetness, Lord,
has no care for any other happiness.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Man cannot live without joy;
therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys
it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

See to it that you are not suddenly saddened
by the adversities of this world,
for you don’t know the good they bring,
being ordained in the judgments of God
for the everlasting joy of the elect.

 
St. John of the Cross, 16th century