The Resurrection

• “Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord is continually revealing to us the resurrection that is to be. Of this He has constituted the Lord Jesus Christ the first-fruits, by raising him from the dead.” (Pope St. Clement I: Letter to the Corinthians, 24, 1.)

• “The root of all good works is the hope of the resurrection; for the expectation of the reward nerves the soul to good works.” (St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Discourses, 18, 1.)

• “Faith maintains this principle and we must believe it: Neither the soul nor the human body suffers complete annihilation; the wicked arise again for punishment beyond imagination, while the good rise again for everlasting life.” (St. Augustine: De Doctrina Christiana, I, 21, 19.)

Artwork: Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb (Cell 8), by Fra Angelico. Fresco, 1440-42; Convento di San Marco, Florence.