On social media (Facebook, Instagram, and X) this past week I continued with some of my favourite quotes about the Nativity, focusing on joy in the new year:

See the joy of Christmas and the joy of the Child Jesus. Never be moody, never let anything take away that joy. — Saint Teresa Calcutta

Be joyful, my soul, for there is someone who loves your God as He deserves. Be joyful, for there is someone who knows His goodness and value. Give thanks to Him, for He has given us on earth someone who thus knows Him, as His only Son. — Saint Teresa of Avila

O divine Word, who has become a Child for love of me, teach me to become a child for love of you. — Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi