Your Monday Hug Devotion for March 3, 2025: Laughter Keeps You Young!

The Gift of Laughter: Your Monday Hug Devotion

Welcome to this week’s Monday Hug Devotion! If you watched Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homily, you heard him describe Lent as a season of training - a time to strengthen our faith, grow in discipline, and become more like Christ. But in our training, we can’t forget joy.

Laughter isn’t just a moment of happiness—it’s a reflection of the freedom Christ won for us. He took on the weight of our sins so that we could live lighter, freer to embrace God’s will with joy. Lent may be a time of sacrifice, but it’s also a time to grow in hope, trust, and the lightness of a heart rooted in Christ.

In this video, you’ll find:

• Encouragement to embrace joy as a gift from God during Lent
• A reminder that Christ’s sacrifice frees us to live with lightness and purpose
• Simple ways to strengthen your faith while keeping your heart joyful

After watching, reflect: Where is God inviting you to experience joy in this season? Just as Christ endured suffering for our freedom, let’s train our hearts to find strength in both prayer and joy.

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This week, embrace the joy Christ offers. Train in faith, laugh often, and live freely in God’s love!

Scroll down to watch the video and step into a week filled with faith and joy.

Mary, Queen of Peace, Pray for Us!

(Video Replay from March 4, 2024)

Laughter Keeps You Young!

"A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired." - Proverbs 17:22

Would you like a proven formula for maintaining a youthful countenance? Here it is: laugh as often as you can. It's a simple, yet effective, formula for a happier, healthier life.

Few sounds on earth can equal the happy reverberations of friends laughing together. Few joys in life can compare with a good laugh and a good friend to share it with. And it's also worth noting that God has given each of us the gift of laughter for a very good reason: to use it.

Hearty laughter is food for the soul and medicine for the heart. So do yourself this favor: acquire the habit of looking at the humorous side of life. When you do, you'll discover that, whatever your age, a good laugh can make you just a little bit younger.

"Laughter is the language of the young at heart and the antidote to what ails us." - Barbara Johnson

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