Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter

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. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you." -John 16:20-23

To see Christ enter into our lives is to accept and acknowledge the unimaginable power, love, and mercy of God. While it is above our human intellect to comprehend, we see that God, the Creator of the universe, all-knowing and all-loving, has come to live within us.

So, rejoice and do not let the enemy take your joy away. What question or doubt could we ever have when the Lord our God has come to live in us?

He is risen! He is risen indeed. Hallelujah!

Saint Damien De Veuster of Molokai, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you!