SUNDAY NAME

Two Sundays have a 'REJOICE' title

GAUDETE SUNDAY 3 Advent 

LAETARE SUNDAY 4 Lent - (Mothering Sunday)

(We are in the Pink today!)

'Gaudete' - Latin plural imperative 'Rejoice'.

Even in a Roman prison, St Paul wrote that we should rejoice.

The Bible mentions - Joy 346 times;

                                 Rejoice: 120 times

JOY

• One joy scatters 1,000 sorrows.
• Joy is grinning on the inside.
• Live and work, but don't forget to enjoy yourself.
• I asked God for all the things I needed to enjoy life;                                                                                                                                                        he gave me life that I might enjoy all things.
• Those who are joyful cannot keep it to themselves.
• Sad? Start with one joy and build on it.
• Joy is infectious;   infect others;  allow others to infect you.
• For one minute of anger, we lose 60 seconds of joy.
• If we don't express our joy, we cease to feel it.
• Joy is to be used for a purpose;  I want to use all of it before I leave this life.
• Lord, help me to be joyful in the morning.                                                                                                                                                             Instead of saying, 'Good God! It's morning!'                                                                                                                                                                    may I say, 'Thank God! It's morning.
• What a wonderful life I've had; I wish I had enjoyed it sooner.
• Joy keeps the face and heart young.
• Enjoy your life without comparing it to others.
• We are not properly dressed until we adorn ourselves with joy.