Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. (Jn 16:20-23)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051923.cfm
Some folks think the world is in pretty bad shape . . . and it probably is. We human beings have been making a mess of things for at least the past 10,000 years. I remember my spiritual director in seminary always saying, “What’s coming must really be wonderful, because the labor pains are just terrible!”
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Friday, Week VI, Easter
