John 16:21
Douay-Rheims
A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Augustine of Hippo
(Tr. ci. 6) Nor yet in this bringing forth of joy, are we entirely without joy to lighten our sorrow, but, as the Apostle saith, we rejoice in hope: (Rom. 12:12) for even the woman, to whom we are compared, rejoiceth more for her future offspring, than she sorrows for her present pain.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 16:16-22
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.