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."
"We must not be behind time in doing good; for death will not be behind his time. "
St Phillip Neri
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"The Lord has always revealed to mortals the treasures of his wisdom and his spirit, but now that the face of evil bares itself more and more, so does the Lord bare his treasures more."
St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"Men should often renew their good resolutions, and not lose heart because they are tempted against them."
St Philip Neri
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