In this reflection for the Third Sunday after Easter, we sit with one of the most tender and honest promises Jesus ever made to his disciples: "Your sorrow will be turned into joy." Drawing on Saint Augustine's commentary on the Gospel of John and his great meditation on the pilgrim Church in the City of God, this episode explores what it means to live in the "little while," between the Resurrection we celebrate and the face-to-face encounter we await. The Epistle's call to live as strangers and pilgrims, to suffer wrongfully for the sake of conscience, and to let our good lives speak to those around us finds its footing in the Easter mystery itself.

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