True Joy Comes from Conversion

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The three hallmarks of Lent are prayer, penance and conversion. Fundamentally, conversion means moving from love of self to love of God. It means renouncing one’s own senses, passions, judgments, and will. It is never easy because our strongest inclination is towards love of self. Yet the only thing that brings true joy is a real and ongoing conversion. And all of us are always in dire need of conversion. Conversion is a grace, for which we must pray and which is not possible without penance. Here are seven examples of true Christian joy that ought to inspire us toward conversion. Each example has to do with possessing God which, as the Cure of Ars explains, is the joy of joys. [1] The joy of conversion seen in the Prodigal Son and St. Augustine. [2] The joy of the Christian Life. [3] The joy of martyrdom seen in St. James and St. Agnes. [4] The Seven Joys of St. Joseph, [5] the Seven Joys of Mary, [6] the joy of the Sacred Heart, and [7] the joy of Holy Communion. For more please visit http://svfonline.org/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest

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• Joy