Nothing Lasts Forever; Sorrow Turns Into Joy

Nothing lasts, as Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel passage; even if we face sorrow, it will turn into joy. “When a woman is in travail, she has sorrow because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world. You have sorrow now, but I will see you again; your hearts will rejoice…” (John 16:20-23).

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