A lovely smorgasbord here, Walther; thanks for sharing. And I've thought about that before re: the joyful mysteries containing the finding in the temple. As a mother, that frequently stops me in my tracks.
What an interesting thought on joy. As someone who is new to the rosary, I still don’t know all the mysteries and I didn’t know that some of the joyous ones are counted as Mary’s seven sorrows.
I have understood for a while that joy and happiness are not the same thing but the depth of joy and how that is truly lived out is worth pursuing. How could we not have joy if we are in Christ? Good food for thought here, Walther.
And thanks for sharing my post! I actually got around to checking out Pints with Aquinas and listened to the episode with Dr. Ralph Martin. The episode called “A Church in Crisis.” They touched on End Times a little but in a very levelheaded way which some evangelicals do not. It was anlso interesting hearing about some of the things going on within the Catholic Church that I, being an “outsider” didn’t know about. But also strangely familiar as I just left the United Methodist denomination which is, in my opinion, going all in on following the culture. I definitely feel like the [T]radition of Catholicism gives the church much more solid ground to stand on in our time.
I think I'm going to write an essay once I digest all the sources I'm reading. I think it's important to make the distinctions between things like pleasure, happiness, and joy. Stay tuned.
I'm going to have to watch that interview with Dr. Martin, thanks for the tip!
Love that bit about joy/sorrow - they really are two sides of the same coin, aren't they? And you're right, we don't talk much about joy. I've been working on this personally - being joyful is so important.
I like the coin image, I'm going to use it. Yes, being joyful is important but how does that look like? How do you know? You see someone walking down the street and say: "That bloke is joyful." I really wanted to use the word bloke.
Nice use of the word bloke! For me, joy is an attitude of mind, a confidence that all is well as it is in God's hands, a living in the present moment and gratitude for what we have. I'm not sure you can easily identify it in the street but if pushed to describe it I might say it would look like a relaxed confidence, without pride, and a pleasant manner in interactions with others.
A lovely smorgasbord here, Walther; thanks for sharing. And I've thought about that before re: the joyful mysteries containing the finding in the temple. As a mother, that frequently stops me in my tracks.
Yes, the idea of having one of my children missing for three days is fuel for nightmares.
What an interesting thought on joy. As someone who is new to the rosary, I still don’t know all the mysteries and I didn’t know that some of the joyous ones are counted as Mary’s seven sorrows.
I have understood for a while that joy and happiness are not the same thing but the depth of joy and how that is truly lived out is worth pursuing. How could we not have joy if we are in Christ? Good food for thought here, Walther.
And thanks for sharing my post! I actually got around to checking out Pints with Aquinas and listened to the episode with Dr. Ralph Martin. The episode called “A Church in Crisis.” They touched on End Times a little but in a very levelheaded way which some evangelicals do not. It was anlso interesting hearing about some of the things going on within the Catholic Church that I, being an “outsider” didn’t know about. But also strangely familiar as I just left the United Methodist denomination which is, in my opinion, going all in on following the culture. I definitely feel like the [T]radition of Catholicism gives the church much more solid ground to stand on in our time.
I think I'm going to write an essay once I digest all the sources I'm reading. I think it's important to make the distinctions between things like pleasure, happiness, and joy. Stay tuned.
I'm going to have to watch that interview with Dr. Martin, thanks for the tip!
Love that bit about joy/sorrow - they really are two sides of the same coin, aren't they? And you're right, we don't talk much about joy. I've been working on this personally - being joyful is so important.
I like the coin image, I'm going to use it. Yes, being joyful is important but how does that look like? How do you know? You see someone walking down the street and say: "That bloke is joyful." I really wanted to use the word bloke.
Nice use of the word bloke! For me, joy is an attitude of mind, a confidence that all is well as it is in God's hands, a living in the present moment and gratitude for what we have. I'm not sure you can easily identify it in the street but if pushed to describe it I might say it would look like a relaxed confidence, without pride, and a pleasant manner in interactions with others.
I like it.