GOSPEL
Here again is a description that will ring true to those who have persevered in the call to follow Christ as His disciple. There are times when we fall into the depths of despair, only to find that there is a way ahead if we trust in God. This is what we have to learn if our faith is going to take us on the journey of a lifetime, with Jesus as the leader. It will be a hard and tortuous road at times, but it will also be one of victory and triumph far more often.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and so enter into his glory.
John 16:20-23
20 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. 21 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. 22 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. 23 On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”
think: It is our duty and responsibility to be witnesses, in both word and deed, to the Good News of salvation.
