Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. The resurrection of the body will take place at the endof the world, not previously.
2. The time of the end of the world, and of theconcomitant rising of men, is not humanly known; nor will it beknown. Scripture says (Matt. 24:36): "Of that day and hour noman knoweth; no, not the angels of heaven." When the apostlesasked our Lord about the time of the world's ending (Acts 1:7),he said to them: "It is not for you to know the times ormoments which the Father hath put in his own power."
3. As to the hour of the bodily resurrection,many think that because Christ rose from the dead in the early partof the day while it was yet dark, the resurrection of men'sbodies will be in the nighttime.
4. The resurrection of the body will take place in aninstant, and not by degrees. St. Paul, speaking of the bodilyresurrection, says (I Cor. 15:51-52): "We shall all indeedrise again ... in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye."
"If, devout soul, it is your will to please God and live a life of serenity in this world, unite yourself always and in all things to the divine will. Reflect that all the sins of your past wicked life happened because you wandered from the path of God's will. For the future, embrace God's good pleasure and say to him in every happening: "Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight." "
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"Though the path is plain and smooth for people of good will, those who walk it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty if they do not have good feet, courage, and tenacity of spirit.
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St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"Happy is the youth, because he has time before him to do good. "
St Philip Neri
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