The Gospel, a Hymn to joy

Where there is depth, there is life. Where there is life, there is a human being. And where there is a human being, there is both joy and pain.

Pain and joy come from the same depths. The depth reached by joy is also reached by pain. As much as one suffers, so does one rejoice, and vice versa.

Jesus experienced deep sorrow inasmuch as he had been a wellspring of joy. He was able to free us from pain because he had previously suffered pain and knew it from experience.

The Gospel is good news, a joyous proclamation.

This explains how the Gospel is a hymn to joy. Everything flows from Jesus’ human depths where dwells the loving Abba, God’s all accepting fatherhood. Because of that, his inner fountain is called joy, peace.

Extracted from the book “From Suffering to Peace” by Father Ignacio Larrañaga