‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven’ (Luke 6:23).

In Sunday’s Gospel, the word used for ‘leaping for joy’ in response to hatred is the same as that which described John the Baptist leaping in his mother’s womb. The unborn John knew that Jesus was near and so he jumped joyfully. Do I react gladly to hatred in this way, trusting that Jesus is The post ‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven’ (Luke 6:23). first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post ‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven’ (Luke 6:23). appeared first on Catholic Herald.