Nothing is the same forever, says modern science. Ninety-eight percent of our bodies’ atoms are replaced every year. Geologists with good evidence over millennia can prove that no landscape is permanent. Water, fog, steam, and ice are all the same thing, but at different stages and temperatures. “Resurrection” is another word for change, but particularly positive change—which we tend to see only in the long run. In the short run, it often just looks like death. The Preface to the Catholic funeral liturgy says, “Life is not ended, it is merely changed.” Science is now giving us a very helpful
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A quote that may prod deep disturbances in our inner thoughts. Just a cautionary before you read further. But as one who wrestles heavily with the question of death throughout my life, I see a promise of hope within the mysteries of this description. When one struggles with heavy strife in this life, resurrection in the form of the here & now is hardly sought after. Change to both the physical being & soul’s well being becomes & purposeful delight in the here & after. As Soren Kierkegaard envisioned, “Now with God’s help, I shall become myself.”
