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."
"To do God's will -- this was the goal upon which the saints constantly fixed their gaze. They were fully persuaded that in this consists the entire perfection of the soul. "
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"God has no need of men."
St Philip Neri
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"God gives us some things, as the beginning of faith, even when we do not pray. Other things, such as perseverance, he has only provided for those who pray."
St Augustine
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