I’m featured over at Spoken Women, writing about today’s second reading from St. Paul!
Excerpt:
This Sunday, with almost two weeks left before Christmas, St. Paul tells us to “rejoice always!”
Do you feel like you rejoice always? Or rejoice at all? Do you have joy in your daily life?
I’m going to make a confession here: I am a very naturally happy, nay, joyfulperson. In fact, when I was a contestant on Jeopardy!, a Twitter user wondered if I was trying to imitate Carol Channing with my enthusiasm. (If you don’t get that reference, google Carol Channing. You’ll get it.)
I wasn’t. I’m just a naturally joyful person. So when St. Paul says to “rejoice always”, I can say I do that often enough. Not always, though, because, let’s be honest: It’s hard to rejoice always.
Read the rest there.