Friar Anthony, in a recent video, spoke about jealousy, and how there is no jealousy in Heaven. In fact it is the opposite. He says, “Each will find his neighbor’s happiness as much a source of joy as his own, rejoicing at the glory of which he sees other’s possess.” That is our mark to live up to here on earth.
How to do it? I would say, pray continually for it. Ask God to give you the grace to be joyful to and for all those around you. Ask Him to show you how to love others as He loves us. Grow in holiness. Practice it. When you see someone, think, “I love this person as my brother or sister in Christ.” Or, “I love this person as God loves me.”
Friar Anthony: “We sometimes get upset because people get more benefits than we do, cause we’re jealous of God’s work in someone else – you’re actually jealous of God. Its a terrible thing to think about. We get upset when people receive good and we don’t receive good. But in Heaven you rejoice all the more because someone vbgfis better than you. Each will find his neighbor’s happiness as much a source of joy as his own, rejoicing at the glory of which he sees others possess, as keenly as he would greive to increase his own at the cost of diminishing theirs. It is however in the glory of God, far more than in their own, or in the united glory of all that the blessed will rejoice and this because they love God.”
