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Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on.

Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on.

Pope Benedict XVI
Joy, Christ, Catholicism
Pope Benedict XVI (2010). “Heart of the Christian Life: Thoughts on the Holy Mass”, p.25, Ignatius Press

May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.

Pope Benedict XVI
Servant Of God, Joy, May
“'I'm just a pilgrim,' Benedict XVI says in public farewell” by Laura Smith-Spark and Richard Allen Greene, www.cnn.com. March 1, 2013.

The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included. It is the expression of happiness, of being in harmony with ourselves, that which can only come from being in harmony with God and with his creation. It belongs to the nature of joy to be radiant; it must communicate itself. The missionary spirit of the Church is none other than the impulse to communicate the joy which has been given.

Pope Benedict XVI
Expression, Giving, Joy

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see it as a source of joy.

Pope Benedict XVI
People, Joy, Encounters

Joy is the true gift of Christmas, and we can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, forgiveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us.

Pope Benedict XVI
Giving, Joy, Gestures

How much we need, in the church and in society, witnesses of the beauty of holiness, witnesses of the splendour of truth, witnesses of the joy and freedom born of a living relationship with Christ!

Pope Benedict XVI
Joy, Church, Needs
Sermon of Benedict XVI, w2.vatican.va. September 18, 2010.

Rediscover the joy of believing.

Pope Benedict XVI
Believe, Joy
Apostolic Letter, www.banjuldiocese.gm.

For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and brother of all priests. His mandate is to confirm the brothers in the faith.

Pope Benedict XVI
Brother, Rome, Joy

Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Joy, Generations

Continue to walk in the faith and, faithful to the mandate that has been entrusted to you, go out with solicitude and joy toward all creatures and pass on to them the gifts of salvation...Let yourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit to be the leaven of new life, salt of the earth and light of the world.

Pope Benedict XVI
Light, Joy, Faithful

If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!

Pope Benedict XVI
Christian, Son, Joy

Do not be afraid to say “yes” to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will...

Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus, Joy
Pope Benedict XVI's Holy Mass for the 23rd World Youth Day at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, w2.vatican.va. July 20, 2008.

To the extent that we nourish ourselves on Christ and are in love with him, we feel within us the incentive to bring others to him: Indeed, we cannot keep the joy of the faith to ourselves; we must pass it on.

Pope Benedict XVI
Joy, Incentives, Christ

The Gospel purifies and renews, it bears fruit, wherever the community of believers hears it and receives God’s grace in truth and charity. This is my confidence, this is my joy.

Pope Benedict XVI
Community, Joy, Grace
Pope Benedict XVI's Final General Audience, w2.vatican.va. February 27, 2013.

The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see in the Gospel, those who allow themselves to be fascinated by Christ cannot fail to witness to the joy of following in his footsteps... We understand ever more that it is precisely in virtue of Baptism that we possess a co-natural missionary vocation.

Pope Benedict XVI
Christian, Commitment, Joy
Pope Benedict XVI's Angelus, w2.vatican.va. October 29, 2006.

If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.

Pope Benedict XVI
Running, People, Joy

Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.

Pope Benedict XVI
Knowing, Joy, Christ
Pope Benedict XVI (2008). “Mary”, USCCB

Non-African missionaries, responding generously to the Lord's call with ardent apostolic zeal, came to share the joy of revelation. Following in their footsteps, Africans are today missionaries on other continents.

Pope Benedict XVI
Joy, Today, Lord

In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called to pursue the work of Jesus himself, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom of God which is "righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit"

Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus, Joy, Church

Joy is the true gift of Christmas.

Pope Benedict XVI
Joy, True Gifts
Pope Benedict XVI (2008). “Mary”, USCCB

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