{"id":51464,"date":"2026-10-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/?p=51464"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:39:13","slug":"alegria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/alegria\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

6th Missionary Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Father is the source of joy. The Son is its manifestation, and the Holy Spirit is the animator. Immediately after praising the Father \u2013 as the evangelist Matthew says \u2013 Jesus invites us: \u00abCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.\u00bbMt<\/em> (11, 28-30). \u00abThe joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who let themselves be saved by Him are freed from sin, sadness, inner emptiness, and isolation. With Jesus Christ, joy is constantly reborn\u00bb\u2026 Why don\u2019t we also enter into this torrent of joy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Father Berry Fischer during a visit to the CPPS mission in Guinea-Bissau, 2006. Photo: Fr. Berry Fischer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab"The great risk of the modern world, with its multiple and overwhelming consumer offerings, is an individualistic sadness that springs from a complacent and petty heart, from the disordered pursuit of superficial pleasures, from an isolated conscience." Therefore, humanity has a great need to quench its thirst in the salvation brought by Christ. The disciples are those who allow themselves to be conquered more and more by the love of Jesus and marked by the fire of passion for the Kingdom of God, to be bearers of the joy of the Gospel. All the Lord's disciples are called to nourish the joy of evangelization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joy of the Gospel springs from encountering Christ and sharing with the poor. Therefore, I encourage parish communities, associations, and groups to live an intense fraternal life, founded on love for Jesus and attentive to the needs of the most vulnerable. Where there is joy, fervor, and a desire to bring Christ to others, genuine vocations arise, especially lay vocations to mission. In reality, awareness of the identity and mission of the lay faithful in the Church has increased, as has the understanding that they are called to assume an increasingly important role in spreading the Gospel. Therefore, adequate formation for them is important, with a view to effective apostolic action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 (Pope Francis, message for the year 2014)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6th Missionary Day The Father is the source of joy. The Son is his manifestation, and the Holy Spirit is the animator. Immediately after praising the Father \u2013 as the evangelist Matthew says \u2013 Jesus invites us: \u00abCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up your burdens and bear fruit with me, and I will give you rest.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[240,82,70],"class_list":["post-51464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-espiritualidade","tag-alegria","tag-missao","tag-missionarios-cpps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51468,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51464\/revisions\/51468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}