Jubilate, the 3rd Sunday after Easter + John 16:16-23a
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! When the Lord tells His disciples, “ A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while and you will see me, because I go to the Father ,” He means to comfort them ahead of His suffering and death. He speaks these words to them on Maundy Thursday, the night in which He was betrayed. He gives them this word as consolation though they don’t understand it as that at the time. “ A little while and you will not see me. ” Christ will be removed from them by death. He’ll be arrested in Gethsemane. Tried in the house of Caiaphas. Taken to Pilate’s Praetorium for questioning, beating, scourging, and the finally crucifixion. Jesus had told them this before on multiple occasions. But on the night in which His suffering would begin, He speaks to them as a father speaks to his children. This is how we talk to children when we know they won’t understand something. “How much longer do we have to drive?” “How much longer until you get ...