It is something we experience even now, which gives us strength.
A good case in point is the story from 2 Maccabbees. The brothers and their mother can stand strong in the face of intense torture because they look ahead to post-Resurrection life. It's remarkable they express such strong beliefs even before Jesus came, died, and rose to new life.
Furthermore, we believe in the God of the living, Who truly demonstrates His power over death through the Resurrection of Christ. All of us who hold to this belief share in the great communion of saints, which keeps us connected with all those who have gone on before us.
Through belief in the Resurrection, they are more fully alive now, in a new state of being that transcends this world.
Our hope in this reality that we will one day experience in its fullness gives us reason now to live with purpose. We face our difficulties with encouragement as we continue strong in the beliefs that God has revealed to us through His Word and the teachings of the Church, made alive through the Resurrection. We are alive abundantly by faith, sustained by the Love that God reveals through the Paschal Mystery, and we go forth to share this life and love with the world, so they may join us in upholding the hope that comes through the Resurrection.
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