108. Through Jesus joy and hope is in the world.

Through Jesus joy and hope is in the world.

YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 108

Ave Maria series

108  What changed in the world as a result of the Resurrection?

Because death no longer is the end of everything, joy and hope came into the world.  Now that death “no longer has dominion” (Romans 6:9 ) over Jesus, it has no more power over us, either, who belong to Jesus.  [655, 658]

"God has watered our barren land and spent his merciful rain.  Now the rivers of life run full for any one to drink." (see hymn: Glory and Praise to Our God, verse 4) …..108

He who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.  John 11:25

“Anyone who has heard the Easter proclamation can no longer go around with a tragic expression on his face and lead the humorless existence of a man who has no hope.”  Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805, German poet and dramatist)

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THE MEANING AND SAVING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION

655 Finally, Christ's Resurrection - and the risen Christ himself is the principle and source of our future resurrection: "Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. . . For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive (1 Corinthians 15:20-22)."⁵²⁹ The risen Christ lives in the hearts of his faithful while they await that fulfillment . In Christ, Christians "have tasted. . . the powers of the age to come (Hebrews 6:5)"⁵³⁰ and their lives are swept up by Christ into the heart of divine life, so that they may "live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised (2 Corinthians 5:15; compare Colossians 3:1-3)."⁵³¹ —Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition

IN BRIEF

658 Christ, "the first-born from the dead" (Colossians 1:18), is the principle of our own resurrection, even now by the justification of our souls (compare Romans 6:4), and one day by the new life he will impart to our bodies (compare Romans 8:11).  --CCC