As Easter approached this year, the usual joyful expectation of the feast was overshadowed by anxiety and fear surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. How can we cultivate Easter joy amid such anxieties ...

"I will take joy in the God of my salvation." (Habakkuk 3:17-18) Sometimes, suffering surprises the Christian because God’s purposes are greater for us than we imagined. God purposes to wean us off ...

Let all pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord; let those who have borne the burden of Lent now ...

Both science and Scripture attest to the power of rejoicing, especially when we don’t feel like it. If Bible-reading habits are any indication, many Christians are struggling with anxiety this year.

Fred Voros, the author and composer of "This Day Is a Good Day, Lord," said the new hymn invites all to see "the extravagant ...

Adam and Eve initially lived in God’s paradise, the Garden of Eden. They lived in a state of bliss because: “In (God’s) presence is fullness of joy; at (His) right hand are pleasures forevermore.” ...

Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not ...

Worship in the Joy of the Lord is a curated collection of over 300 quotations on the deep meaning and purpose of Christian public worship, taken from Chip Stam's Worship Quote of the Week, designed to ...

I never knew his name, but he will forever stand out in my mind as discontent and anxiety personified. The gruff old man who ran a bakery on the Oregon Coast had staked his retirement on an unlikely ...

The joy of the Lord is our strength, and in Him we discover who we really are: this was the focus of Pope Francis’ reflection following the readings of the day at Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa ...