forcythialeaves

We pay more attention to dying than to death. We’re more concerned to get over the act of dying than to overcome death. Socrates mastered the art of dying; Christ overcame death as the last enemy. There is a real difference between the two things; the one is within the scope of human possibilities, the other means resurrection.

Source: Bread and Wine

Eucatastrophe: the moment when the power of Easter morning resounds in the realm of fantasy.