From the Gospel according to John 16:16-20
Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” So they said, “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks? We do not know what he means.” Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing with one another what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.”
The Gospel of the Lord
Even When We Don’t Understand
The truth is, there were times when Jesus said things that left the disciples deep in mystery. And even when He explained them, the explanation didn’t always make things much clearer.
However, we’re sure that when His death and Resurrection took place, they finally understood what Jesus had told them.
On the Lord’s path, there are many such moments—times when we don’t understand anything. And that’s okay. We’ll understand later. It’s not a problem. There is no faith without mystery, and we walk guided by the light of faith.
Applied to Married Life:
Laura: There were times when we didn’t understand what was happening in our marriage, and that made us question it.
Sam: It’s when we don’t understand that our faith is really tested.
Laura: It’s also true that we weren’t aware that marriage is a vocation.
Sam: Or that it’s a gift from God of immeasurable depth.
Laura: Now that we understand this, even when we go through moments of mystery, we live them with faith in the love of Christ who is present among us.
Mother,
In our moments of not understanding, may we have faith so that our sadness may turn into joy. Our spirit rejoices in God our Savior. May He be praised forever.