ACC ~ John 14 v28a

GOING TO THE FATHER IS JOYFUL

CYPRIAN: He shows the profit of departing from the world. … When his disciples were grieved because he said he was now about to go away, he said, “If you loved me, you would rejoice because I go to the Father.” Here he teaches and demonstrates that when the dear ones we love go out from this world, we should rejoice rather than grieve. ON MORTALITY 7. [1]

[1] CCL 3A:20.

THE COMFORT OF CHRIST

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: Jesus soothes the agony of grief he found in his disciples, and just as a beloved and good father, compelled for some legitimate reason to take his children from the nurse that bears them, and seeing a flood of tears flowing down their delicate cheeks, he coaxes them by insisting on the good that will result from her absence and arms them against grief with hope. So also our Lord Jesus Christ shields the souls of his saints from sorrow. For he knew, being truly God, that his abandonment of them would be hard for them to take, even though he would always be with them through the Spirit. This proves his love and extreme holiness. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 10. [1]

[1] LF 48:343*.

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