Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
Christ from the dead shall quicken also your mortalbodies." We are to rise in the likeness of the Resurrection ofour Lord, and indeed in virtue of that Resurrection. God is thecause of the resurrection of bodies; the Resurrection of Christ canbe called the quasi-instrumental cause through which God will raiseus up.
1. It was the divinity or Godhead of Christ (which is one in thethree divine Persons of the Blessed Trinity), which raised him fromthe dead. And scripture says (Rom. 8:11): "He that raised upJesus
2. On the last day, the appearance of Christ in his glorywill summon all men to resurrection and judgment. His voice will beas the trumpet to rouse and summon all.
3. The angels will come with the Judge, ministering tohim, and preparing for the bodily resurrection of mankind. But theactual reuniting of souls and bodies will not be done by angels,but will be the immediate work of God himself.
"When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."
St Philip Neri
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"The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God's will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God."
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"What good does it do to speak learnedly about the Trinity if, lacking humility, you displease the Trinity? Indeed it is not learning that makes a man holy and just, but a virtuous life makes him pleasing to God. "
Thomas á Kempis
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