In this companion episode, we reflect on Advent joy not as a single emotion or spiritual style, but as a wide and faithful response to God’s nearness. Drawing from Scripture, personal memory, and the season’s lectionary, the conversation moves between moments of exuberant celebration and quiet, enduring trust—David dancing, Mary pondering, Paul rejoicing in hardship, and Christ carrying joy even through suffering. Advent joy, we discover, is not escapism or emotional performance, but preparation: the soul’s response to Emmanuel, God with us
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