December 16, 2024 
There’s a theme throughout the readings for Gaudete Sunday – the Third Sunday of Advent – and that theme is joy. We hear it in various forms (joy, joyfully, rejoice) no less than eight times in today’s readings. Even St. Paul tells us to live in joy always. Yet finding joy in life is no easy task. What keeps us from discovering joy? That’s the theme Father Mark explores in this episode of Living in Faith, Hope, & Love.
