5156. This joy and this felicity are what are meant by the joy and felicity of heaven. Because affection, which comes from love, is what receives all the delight and happiness, all joy of heart and of happiness are from this source.
5156. This joy, and this happiness, are what are meant by the joy and happiness of heaven; for affection which is of the love is the receptacle of all delight and prosperity; hence is all joy of heart, and all gladness.
5156. Hoc gaudium et haec felicitas est quae intelligitur per gaudium et felicitatem coeli, affectio enim quae amoris, est receptaculum omnis jucundi, et fausti, inde omne gaudium cordis, et omnis laetitia.