Matthew 20:17
Douay-Rheims
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:
John Chrysostom (attributed)
For when sorrow comes at a time we are looking for it, it is found lighter than it would have been, had it taken us by surprise.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 20:17-19
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.