#resurrection

For me it is the virgin birth, the Incarnation, the resurrection which are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay, destruction are the suspension of these laws. I am always astonished at the emphasis the Church puts on the body. It is not the soul she says that will rise but the body, glorified. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#catholicism #death #incarnation #resurrection #death

overhead the birds are calling, their cries seeming to feel the air. As i watch, they rise.. flinging their bodies against the sky, intent upon the moment, spinning and turning like embers of smoke upon the air. I envy them, this life of theirs.. the way they live so free of themselves, they are without past, without future, an exaltation of life beating in so many parts, rising up into the infinity of space. watching them i find i want to weep, and yet i have no tears. ↗

— Thomas F. Monteleone

#life

I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren't true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world-and they couldn't keep a lie for three weeks. You're telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible. ↗

— Charles Colson

#resurrection #men

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#courage #faith #jesus #radical #resurrection

What we have at the moment isn't as the old liturgies used to say, 'the sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the dead,' but a vague and fuzzy optimism that somehow things may work out in the end. ↗

— N.T. Wright

#hope #resurrection #optimism

It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you. ↗

— Rob Bell

#resurrection #faith

One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#believers #bible #debate #demanding #earliest

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#christ #church #humanity #marked #medieval

First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#death #easy #first #french #hospital

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#because #denying #forget #hitler #makes