[W]here joylessness reigns, where humour dies, the spirit of Jesus Christ is assuredly absent. But the reverse is also true: joy is a sign of grace. One who is cheerful from the heart … cannot be far from the God of the evangelium, whose first word on the threshold of the New Testament is ‘Rejoice’.

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Cd. Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI)

Principles of Catholic Theology, p. 84

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