Although the
resurrection of the dead does not play prominently in the Old Testament, it is
clearly there. For example,
§ Job, in the midst of his
sorrows, responded to
his interlocutors: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will
stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I
will see God.”
§ In his prophesy about the end times,
Daniel wrote:
“Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting
life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.”
§ Expressing confidence in his own resurrection
and pointing forward to Jesus’, David exclaimed:
“You will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see
decay.”
§ Predicting the future restoration of
Israel while, in type, representing the resurrection of the dead, Ezekiel
penned his vision of
the “valley of dry bones” raised to life.
With
Jesus’ public ministry, references to the resurrection become more frequent:
§ First, Jesus predicts his
own resurrection: “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three
days.”
§ Then, he foretells the
general resurrection: “I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will
live,” adding a Danielian warning “a time is coming when all who are in their
graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to
live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.”
§ Later, he comforts Martha
upon the news of her brother’s death: “I am the resurrection and the life. He
who believes in me will live, even though he dies.”
Visited the friars at Sciacca
The Cathedral of St. Cologero....today it is with the OFS Franciscan Friars...
The Cathedral of St. Cologero
In side the Cathedral it is wonderful to be in silence and prayer....our Lady of succor is very popular....
Cathedral of Sciacca,,,,,,Big Cathedral....
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