How can joy and sorrow go together? After all, you usually don’t find grieving widows laughing, nor newlyweds weeping. Joy and sorrow are so far removed from each other on the spectrum of human emotion that it seems illogical to stick them together. Yet there is a deep mystery here to unlock: Your life has sorrows; you are meant for joy. Facing the reality of sorrow, we can either live in denial of the pain or dig deeper for meaning and joy. On this edition of Book Club, we welcome back Fr. Daniel Brandenburg LC, to unlock the key to this transformation in his book Journey to Joy: Reflections on the 7 Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through this time, we will discover Mary’s method for converting sorrow to joy, and learn how we can find deeper meaning in even the most sorrowful mysteries of our life.
How can joy and sorrow go together? After all, you usually don’t find grieving widows laughing, nor newlyweds weeping. Joy and sorrow are so far removed from each other on the spectrum of human emotion that it seems illogical to stick them together. Yet there is a deep mystery here to unlock: Your life has sorrows; you are meant for joy. Facing the reality of sorrow, we can either live in denial of the pain or dig deeper for meaning and joy. On this edition of Book Club, we welcome back Fr. Daniel Brandenburg LC, to unlock the key to this transformation in his book Journey to Joy: Reflections on the 7 Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through this time, we will discover Mary’s method for converting sorrow to joy, and learn how we can find deeper meaning in even the most sorrowful mysteries of our life.
