Gospel: John
16:16-20
Jesus
said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again
a little while later and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one
another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you
will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I
am going to the Father’?” So they said, “What is this ‘little while’ of which
he speaks? We do not know what he means.” Jesus knew that they wanted to ask
him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing with one another what I said, ‘A
little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see
me’? Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world
rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.”
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Reflection:
Do you
believe that after sorrow and pain comes redemption?
When
Jesus said to his disciples: “You will weep and mourn while the world rejoices;
you will grieve but your grief will become joy (John 16:20).” Jesus was already
alluding about his forthcoming passion and death that he has to go through and
to his subsequent resurrection.
Jesus even compared it with a woman who is in
labor pains yet after she has given birth she will forget that painful
experience altogether because of the great joy that the newly born child gave
her (John 16:21).
Married
life is not always blissful, the husband and wife will go through humps and
bumps that would test the strength of their fidelity before Jesus. But if they persevere
and decide to stay in their union amidst their trials there would be joy in their
hearts at the end.
Same with
our walk with Jesus, it will not always be a bed of roses, there would be
trials, and sometimes we will be persecuted because of what we do for God.
In spite
of these all let us continue to follow Jesus, for at the end there will be redemption
for those who are faithful to Him. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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