Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. To be impassible is to be immune to sufferingand change.
2. The bodies of the just will not be capable of sufferingany pain whatever, nor will they ever undergo substantial change.The bodies of the damned will endure pains in hell, and hence arenot impassible; yet these bodies will not undergo substantialchange. St. Paul (I Cor. 15:42) says: "It [the body] is sownin corruption, it shall rise in in-corruption."
3. Impassibility in the risen bodies of the just does notmean numbness or insensibility. It means immunity to what iscontrary to human nature and painful to it. The risen body willhave sensation (that is, its senses will operate and bring insense-findings or sense-knowledge), and it will have movement;these things belong to the perfection of the body.
4. The senses of the risen bodies of the just will find inthe overflow of glory, which comes upon them from the soul, theircomplete and enduring perfection. The senses will be perfectly andsatisfyingly in operation, and they will possess their objects, andnot merely tend to these objects, or be in a state of readiness toperceive them.
"God commands not impossibilities, but by commanding he suggests to you to do what you can, to ask for what is beyond your strength; and he helps you, that you may be able."
St Augustine
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"It is better to be burdened and in company with the strong than to be unburdened and with the weak. When you are burdened you are close to God, your strength, who abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden you are close to yourself, your own weakness; for virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience."
St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts."
St Philip Neri
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