• Thursday of the Sixth week of Easter

    Saint John 16:16-20 

    In those days, Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.” 
    Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?  Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.