The whole gospel, the New Covenant, the New Testament, opens with one word, namely the first word of God's messenger to Mary: “Rejoice!”
And so it happens: in her, joy takes on flesh. Through her, joy is incarnate. God's joy becomes visible, audible, tangible. It will be cruelly rejected, fiercely attacked, but just as madly loved, passionately admired.
(Daniel Ange /*1932/, La joie, 2009)