恭讀聖若望福音 16:20-23

那時候,耶穌對門徒說:「我實實在在告訴你們:你們要痛哭、哀號,世界卻要歡樂;你們將要憂愁,但你們的憂愁卻要變為喜樂。婦女生產的時候,感到憂苦,因為她的時辰來到了;既生了孩子,因了喜樂再不記憶那苦楚了,因為一個人已生在世上了。如今,你們固然感到憂愁,但我要再見到你們,那時,你們心裏要喜樂,並且你們的喜樂誰也不能從你們奪去。到那一天,你們什麼也不必問我了。」

—上主的話。

(6th Week of Easter – Friday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 16:20-23

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. On that day you will not question me about anything.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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