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Saturday, November 22, 2008, St. Cecilia
Revelation 11:4-12, Psalm 144, Luke 20:27-40
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EARLY RISERS
"Sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God." —Luke 20:36
We are the resurrection-people. When the secular humanists, the Sadducees
of modern times, focus their lives on this side of death and for practical
purposes claim there is no resurrection from the dead (Lk 20:27), we talk
about "the age to come" when we no longer marry, become like angels, and
are not liable to death (Lk 20:35, 36). The secularists often refuse to
believe us. They even persecute us and try to kill us. They mistakenly
think that they can refute our claims to resurrection by killing us. In
fact, however, this sets the stage for us to prove we are the
resurrection-people. "But after the three and a half days, the breath of
life which comes from God returned" to us (Rv 11:11). When we stood on our
feet, "sheer terror gripped those who saw" us (Rv 11:11).
Secularists and those of the world have martyred millions of Christians,
but "the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians" (Catechism, 852). I
solemnly assure you, "unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and
dies, it remains just a grain of wheat. But if it dies, it produces much
fruit" (Jn 12:24). "God is not the God of the dead but of the living. All
are alive for Him" (Lk 20:38). "Death is swallowed up in victory" (1 Cor
15:54).
Prayer: Holy Spirit, through Your life in me may I already begin to rise.
Promise: "The two prophets heard a loud voice from heaven say to them,
'Come up here!' So they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies
looked on." —Rv 11:12
Praise: St. Cecilia, a saint who has been mentioned since the earliest
times in the Mass's canon, lived her life as a loving song to her God and
spends eternity singing His praises.
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet, "Risen Life", or our audio
tapes AV 4A-1, AV 4A-3, AV 4B-1, AV 4B-3 or video V-4A, V-4B.)
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permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from
October 1, 2008 through November 30, 2008
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, May 1, 2008
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free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or
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