Christ says: I am present even at the door of death.
Even there I am waiting for you,
where no one can accompany you further,
and where you can bring nothing;
for you, I will change darkness into light.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Christ dealt man's destroyer, death, a fatal blow.
He covered death with shame.

 
St. Melito of Sardis, 2nd century

Death does not have the last word,
because life will be victorious at the end.
This certainty of ours is based not on simple human reasoning,
but on a historical fact of faith: Jesus Christ, crucified and buried,
is risen with his glorified body.
Jesus is risen so that we too, believing in him,
may have eternal life.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Christ has destroyed sin;
now he has put down death
and has subjected the devil.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

The Lord both suffered and died
that he might redeem us from death.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

To the good person, to die is gain.
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

Blessed are those who love you, Lord,
and their friends in You;
For they are the only ones who will never lose anyone dear to them,
since all who are dear to them are in you,
our God, who can never be lost.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

With Christ, victory is certain.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century