What It Means to Rejoice

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to rejoice? How do you continue to rejoice even in the midst of struggle? According to Dr. Edward Sri, Mary offers an extraordinary example of what it means to rejoice. Dr. Sri explores some of the key moments of Mary’s life and reveals how she rejoiced in each one. He offers practical advice on how we too can rejoice throughout our lives.

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Take time to rejoice at every Communion. Don’t go through the motions at Mass. Take time to rejoice like Mary and marvel over the mystery that my God is dwelling within the walls of my soul.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. Did you know that the Catholic Church just celebrated one of its greatest
0:18.0	feast days in the entire liturgical year? Now we've had a lot of big
0:22.0	ones lately. I'm not talking about Easter. I'm not talking
0:24.5	about Holy Week. I'm not even talking about Divine Mercy Sunday. I'm talking about what
0:28.6	happened on Monday. Did you catch what happened on Monday? Did you celebrate it? Did you catch what happened on Monday?
0:33.0	Did you celebrate it? Did you enter into it?
0:36.0	It's the great solemnity of the Annunciation.
0:39.0	Now, I don't think the Annunciation gets the attention it deserves,
0:42.0	but the early Christians
0:44.0	the church fathers many of the great saints and theologians they've understood that the
0:48.3	incarnation that moment that happened at the annunciation when the word became flesh when God
0:54.2	descended and united himself to our humanity that took place in that first joyful
1:00.4	mystery when the angel appeared to Mary.
1:03.4	They saw that this was the beginning of our salvation.
1:06.6	We wouldn't have a Good Friday or Easter Sunday if God did not humble himself, the God of the universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, came down and took on our humanity in Mary's womb.
1:20.8	Now Mary played a big role in this in this day, right? She gets, she says yes, gives her full-hearted
1:28.0	fiat allowing the God of the universe to dwell within her womb. I want to take a look at the mystery of the
1:33.4	incarnation, but especially from Mary's lens and how she shares in the joy of heaven and
1:39.3	earth at this moment of the enunciation and throughout her life.
1:43.0	That's what we're going to take a look at in this week's podcast.
1:45.0	So welcome to all things Catholic.
1:46.8	I'm your host, Edwards Three.
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