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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Office for the Dead
DESCRIPTION:THE POWER OF THE RISEN CHRIST \nFrom “The Mystery of Time” by Fr Jean Mouroux5 \n◊◊◊ \nChrist died to deliver us from the condemnation to eternal death and from \nthe fear which enslaves the sinner. He has conquered death\, the child of sin\, \nbecause he has conquered sin itself. He has undergone death to destroy it. He \nhas overcome this radical contradiction by elevating us to a participation in his \nrisen life\, in “life eternal.” Death has not yet been completely eradicated\, but it \nhas been completely transformed. Christ has delivered us all to the Cross \nbecause He\, the Head of mankind\, the Center of the redeemed universe\, the \nSavior\, “bore us all in Himself” during his sacrifice. Thus “if one died for all\, \nthen all were dead”\, and all are saved from the satanical power of death. It is \nlove\, not damnation\, which envelops us and restores us to God. It envelops us \nas individuals: “He loved me\, and delivered himself for me”; as members of the \nrace: he “loved us\, and has delivered himself for us”; and as members of the \nChurch: he “loved the Church\, and delivered himself up for it”. \nIt’s infinite blessing affects our personal life at baptism\, where with Christ \nwe “are dead to sin\, but alive to God”. The power of the Risen Christ dwells in \nus that “we may walk in the newness of life\,” that each day we may cast sin \nfarther away and crown our lives with the divine agape. The life of Christians in \ntime is a paradoxical one. They are dead to sin\, yet must die to it each day; they \nlive in God\, and must live for him each day; they are the battleground of an \neschatological struggle in which Christ the Conqueror faces the vanquished \ndevil\, that he may triumph once again in the freedom of a regenerated heart. By \nimmersing himself ever more deeply into baptism and Christ\, the Christian \ngrows with Christ and brings about his victory even in death. \nInsofar as he lives in Christ\, the Christian is totally enveloped by Christ \nboth before and after death. Before death\, Christ is the life-giving\, saving Lord. \nAfter death\, he calls\, judges\, purifies\, and transfigures the life he has given. Here \nbelow\, he communicates the seed of immortality\, especially in the Eucharist. \nUp above\, He will be the source of glory which will transform our soul and our \nbody. The Eternal One is present before and after death. So at our death Christ \nis present as the Savior who protects Christians from the last assault of the evil \none\, revives their flagging spirits\, and leads them from the time of testing to \ntheir eternal reward. \nChrist is the Mediator through whom and in whom every Christian \nexperiences death. Externally\, death still seems to be a terrible process of \nannihilation. But internally it is the mysterious maturation of the new creature \nin Jesus Christ. “This is the will of my Father who sent me: that every one who \nsees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life\, and I shall raise them on \nthe last day”…. \n  \n5 New York-Tournai-Paris-Rome\, 1964\, pp. 307-308.11 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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