The Antidote to Spiritual Desolation
I have chosen the theme of the “Joy of the Gospel” for my preaching this summer because gospel joy is something all Christians need to be constantly reminded about. Gospel joy—the joy of the Gospel Who is Jesus Christ our Savior—is the antidote to an ailment in the spiritual life found in many Christians, and perhaps in all Christians at various points in their baptized life.
Symptoms include feeling bogged down at times by the challenges of life in Christian community: things happen in a parish in ways we do not like; people in the parish say things that rub us the wrong way, or even hurt…
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