Gaudete

. . . To rejoice in the world is but a sorry kind of joy, on account of its transitory character. "Gaudete in Domino" says the Apostle -- "Rejoice in the Lord" . . . He means the joy that is the result of such love of God as makes us simply wish that His will should be done in all things . . . This is the secret of true joy, for then what befalls ourselves is a matter of indifference to us.

-- Rev. R.F. Clarke, The Devout Year