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 pain. But after
she has given birth she would forget that painful experience altogether because
of the great joy that the newly born child would give 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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