Peace and Joy

Pacem ergo habeamus ad Dominum, pacem non huius mundi, quae amica peccatis Deo dissidet; sed pacem Christi, quae cum Deo conserit, et nos Christo conformat, si adhaereat Verbo Dei anima nostra, ut efficiamur unum cum Deo per interventum mediatoris, qui est pax nostra; quia fecit utraque unum, naturas discordes Dei et hominis in se copulans; et in nobis duo unum faciens, id est, carnem animae spiritali consentientem; et tunc ignis in medio nostrum manebit, seu harum in nobis duarum vel eum spirituum trium consensus invitet, ut faciat in corde nostro sibi placitam cum Patre et Spiritu mansionem, et vicissim nos ubi ipse est ducat, dicens: Intrate in gaudium Domini vestri.  Sanctus Paulinus Nolanus, Epistola XXXVI

May we, therefore, have peace with the Lord, peace not of this world, which being far from God is a friend of sin, but the peace of Christ which is in harmony with God, and it conforms us to Christ if our soul adheres to the Word of God, so that we may be made one with God through the intervention of the mediator, who is our peace; because he has made both one, uniting in himself the discordant natures of God and man, and in us he is making two one, that is, by the accord of the flesh with the spiritual soul; and then he shall be in the midst of us as fire, bidden by the two which are in us consonant, or the three, with the spirit; so that he may make our heart a pleasing abode with the Father and the Spirit, and, in turn, he himself will lead us, saying, ' Enter into the joy of your Lord.' Saint Paulinus of Nola,  from Letter 36