Léctio sancti Evangélii secundum Ioánnem (16,20-23a)
In illo tempore: Dixit Iesus discipulis suis: Amen, amen dico vobis quia plorábitis et flébitis vos, mundus autem gaudébit; vos contristabímini, sed tristítia vestra vertétur in gáudium. Múlier, cum parit, tristítiam habet, quia venit hora eíus; cum autem pepérerit púerum, iam non méminit pressúræ propter gáudium, quia natus est homo in mundum. Et vos ígitur nunc quidem tristítiam habétis; íterum autem vidébo vos, et gaudébit cor vestrum, et gáudium vestrum nemo tollit a vobis. Et in illo die me non rogábitis quidquam.
At that time: Jesus saith to His disciples: Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. Awoman when she travaileth, hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she hath brought forth the child, now she remembereth not the anguish for joy, that a man is born into the world. And you therefore, now indeed you have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you. And in that day me you shall not ask any thing. Amen, amen I say to you, if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you.
