Fast as much as you can,
make as many prostrations as you can,
attend as many vigils as you like,
but be joyful.
Have Christ’s joy.
It is the joy that lasts forever, that brings eternal happiness.
It is the joy of our Lord that gives assured serenity, serene delight and full happiness.
All-joyful joy that lasts forever, that surpasses every joy.
Christ desires and delights in scattering joy, in enriching his faithful with joy.
I pray that your joy may be full.
St. Porphyrios