Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life. Therefore as Christian’s we ought to always be in good spirits. How is your cheerfulness barometer today? God’s grace calls us towards love and cheerfulness. In this Easter season we are keenly aware of our neediness of Christ’s saving grace.
“My God, you know infinitely better than I how little I love you. I would not love you at all except for your grace. It is your grace that has opened the eyes of my mind and enabled them to see your glory. It is your grace that has touched my heart and brought upon it the influence of what is so wonderfully beautiful and fair . . . O my God, whatever is nearer to me than you, things of this earth, and things more naturally pleasing to me, will be sure to interrupt the sight of you, unless your grace interferes. Keep my eyes, my ears, my heart from any such miserable tyranny. Break my bonds—raise my heart. Keep my whole being fixed on you. Let me never lose sight of you; and, while I gaze on you, let my love of you grow more and more everyday.”
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Smitten With Goodness 