For Christians, Jesus Christ is their deep source of Joy.
No human pagan corporation like the Roman catholic ‘church’ can be a source of joy for a Christian.
I disagree friend.
“Where you gather in my name, there I am.”
The joy is there, and a deep peace and contentment.
That’s too bad. Because Christ himself set up a human corporation of fishermen and tax collectors and sinners. Twelve of them were a source of deep joy for Him and He prayed for them. He also prayed to the Holy Spirit to guide them. All these years later, the Holy Spirit is still guiding the Church instituted by Christ. If one is not with that Church, one is less of a Christian, and less of a joy, to Christ.
Those who hold fast to the one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church derive their joy from the fullness of the faith. It is deeper and richer than all the others. We derive our joy from knowing that we take Christ at His Word, literally. Surely, our faith is amazing to Him because we believe what others find to be too difficult to believe, though He told them to believe it. We go further out on a limb for Jesus than all the thousands of watered down versions man has developed over the years.
I take the derision from other Christians for what is is worth: more stripes for believing in Christ the way He asked us to believe in Him. The Roman Catholic Church is the church that is furthest from being pagan. We unite ourselves with Christ in the Eucharist, in the sacred Scripture we selected for the world and preserved, in the traditions He started that we carry out to this day. We are His Church. We are not the Chosen People; but we are Christ’s Created People.
If you have an open mind, read some of Scott Hahn’s books about the Catholic Church and see what you think.