As a body….
As the body must be born after completing its development in the womb, so a soul, when it has reached the limit of life in the body allotted it by God, must leave the body.
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
How to die…
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
The resurrection that is to come…
Consider, beloved, how the Lord keeps reminding us of the resurrection that is to come, of which he has made the Lord Jesus Christ the first fruits by raising him from the dead. Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection that occurs at its appointed time. Day and night show us a resurrection; the night lies in sleep, day rises again; the day departs, night takes its place. Let us think about the harvest; how does the sowing take place, and in what manner? The sower goes out and casts each seed onto the ground. Dry and bare, they fall into the earth and decay. Then the greatness of the Lord’s providence raises them up again from decay, and out of one many are produced and yield fruit.
–Saint Clement (First Century)
Life is to live in such a way…
Life is to live in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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