Sunday, June 26, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 154 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) In death body and soul are separated. The body decays, while the soul
goes to meet God and waits to be reunited with its risen body on the Last Day.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1002)
Christ will raise us up "on the last day"; but it is also true that,
in a certain way, we have already risen with Christ. For, by virtue of the Holy
Spirit, Christian life is already now on earth a participation in the death and
Resurrection of Christ: And you were buried with him in Baptism, in which you
were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him
from the dead…. If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that
are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God (Col 2:12; 3:1).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
How the resurrection
will take place is a mystery. An image can help us to accept it: When we look
at a tulip bulb we cannot tell into what a marvelously beautiful flower it will
develop in the dark earth. Similarly, we know nothing about the future
appearance of our new body. Paul is nevertheless certain: “It is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in glory” (1 Cor 15:43a).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1003)
United with Christ by Baptism, believers already truly participate in the
heavenly life of the risen Christ, but this life remains "hidden with
Christ in God" (Col 3:3; cf. Phil 3:20). The Father has already
"raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in
Christ Jesus"(Eph 2:6). Nourished with his body in the Eucharist, we
already belong to the Body of Christ. When we rise on the last day we “also
appear with him in glory” (Col 3:4).
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