In his homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis explained what is contained in true Christian joy. It is very different than what today's culture offers. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS <\/strong> At the end, the pope remembered that Christian joy cannot be bought in the grocery store, but rather it is a distinctive sign of a Christian. <\/p>\n EXTRACTS OF PAPAL HOMILY There is a healthy restlessness, and there is another which is not healthy \u2013 that which seeks security above all, which seeks pleasure above all. The young man in the Gospel was afraid that if he gave up his wealth he would not be happy. Joy, consolation: this is our breath as Christians.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 28, 2018. Pope Francis assures joy cannot be bought in the grocery store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WB6xG4_1LNc","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta2805eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta2805int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cJoy does not mean living from laugh to laugh. No, it\u2019s not that. Joy is not entertainment. No, it\u2019s not that. It is something else. Christian joy is peace, peace that is deeply rooted, peace in the heart, the peace that only God can give.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n
\nSource: Vatican Media
\n Joy does not mean living from laugh to laugh. No, it\u2019s not that. Joy is not entertainment. No, it\u2019s not that. It is something else. Christian joy is peace, peace that is deeply rooted, peace in the heart, the peace that only God can give. This is Christian joy. It is not easy to foster this joy.<\/em> <\/p>\n