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Vatican City, Mar 27, 2012 / 05:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI will challenge young Catholics to be “missionaries of joy” in his message for this Sunday’s World Youth Day. “Be enthusiastic witnesses of the new evangelization! Go to those who are suffering and those who are searching, and give them the joy that Jesus wants to bestow,” says the Pope in his address, the text of which was issued to the media on March 27. “Bring it to your families, your schools and universities, and your workplaces and your friends, wherever you live. You will see how it is contagious.” The Pope’s letter marks the Church’s 27th World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in 2012 at the diocesan level. The theme for this year is taken from Saint Paul’s exhortation to the Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always.”“Joy is at the heart of Christian experience,” writes the Pope, “in a world of sorrow and anxiety, joy is an important witness to the beauty and reliability of the Christian faith”.............<SNIP>
Joy is a good thing, I'm pro-joy, but at least in this country it is a big election year, so get your joy while you can!
