Our 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

Christ has died in order to reign in heaven.

 
St. Augustine of Canterbury, 6th century

The confidence of Christians is the resurrection of the dead.
Believing this, we live.

 
Tertullian, 2nd century

Only the One who from nothingness,
who had called the world into existence
could break the seals of the tomb;
only he could become the source of New Life.

 
Pope John Paul II, 20th century

When we rise again with glorified bodies in the power of the Lord,
these bodies will be white and resplendent as the snow,
more brilliant than the sun, more transparent than crystal;
and each one will have a special mark of honor and glory
according to the endurance of sufferings
willingly and freely born to the honor and glory of God.

 
Bl. Jan Van Ruysbroeck, 14th century

See how mighty is God in whom death is victory,
and weakness itself is strength;
in whom to suffer is to conquer,
and to endure is to finish the battle.

 
St. Thomas of Villanova, 16th century

Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus
says that there is a future for every human being;
the cry for unending life which is a part of the person
is indeed answered.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Like a tree in Spring,
the cross has burst into flower,
the cross on which the Lord of glory hung.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century