John Chrysostom, on John 16:16

“A little while, and now you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father.”

“(Hom. lxxix) Our Lord after having relieved the spirits of the disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit, again depresses them: A little while, and ye shall not see Me. He does this to accustom them to the mention of His departure, in order that they may bear it well, when it does come. For nothing so quiets the troubled mind, as the continued recurrence to the subject of its grief.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.