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  Word of God  
 
Come, blessed of my Father.
Jesus; Matthew 25:34
 


The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is Christ.

 
St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Watch,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Jesus; Matthew 25:13
 


Live life in such a way that you are not afraid to die.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
When I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and will take you to myself.
Jesus; John 14:3
 


Only through death
shall we ever possess happiness
and enjoy the realities of the world to come.

 
Servant of God, Elizabeth Leseur, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I go to prepare a place for you.
Jesus; John 14:3
 


Death is the child’s return to the Father,
the creature's return to its God.

 
Servant of God, Elizabeth Leseur, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Come, blessed of my Father.
Jesus; Matthew 25:34
 


When death comes and the theatre is deserted,
when all remove their masks of wealth or of poverty and depart,
judged only by their works, they will be seen for what they are:
some truly rich, others poor.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
He has risen, he is not here.
Matthew 28:6
 


The Lord was trampled on by death,
and in his turn, trod out a way 
over death.
Death slew, and was slain.

 
St. Ephraem, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Come, blessed of my Father.
Matthew 25:34
 


The foolish fear death as the 
greatest of evils;
the wise desire it as a rest after labors 
and the end of ills.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I am the way, the truth, the life.
Jesus; John 14:6
 


Life without God is nothing but death many times over.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 

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