19 May 2023

Transforming Sorrow to Joy

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For 19 May 2023, Friday before Ascension Sunday, based on John 16:20-23
Jesus said to his disciples, “Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy. When a woman is in labour, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world. So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. On that day you will ask nothing of me. Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.”

Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Sr. Beth McCormick OP

About Beth McCormick, O.P.

Sr. Beth, a Dominican Sister of Hope, is now retired from active ministry. Her ministries have included high school and college teaching and administration, congregational leadership, prison ministry, spiritual direction, facilitation of retreats and workshops primarily on a spirituality of aging, and preaching.

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