Take Heart, For I Have Overcome the World (John 16:33) | Redemptive Modern City Street Scene Design | Orthodox Christian Art PosterVerily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your

and the caterpillar

Homilies on Galatians

but behind them a desolate wilderness

because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child

And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days

John Climacus

we neglect our prayers and God's commandments

Our mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it

what preparation can we make then

O my Savior

and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak

to grow and become a man