Like the reading from Wisdom indicates, we see that death is not the end of our existence, but a transformation. Christ has conquered death, and so by joining ourselves to Him in this life on Earth, we can participate with Him in dying and rising. We can truly live in hope.
Furthermore, we have hope for those who have departed from us in faith. They left this life and journeyed to God. He will raise up all those who have departed. Through the purification process of purgatory, the souls of the righteous will be made ready to enter full union with God. We all experience the mercy of God that flows forth from the Paschal Mystery. Indeed, we embrace the mercy of God because of our hope in the Resurrection.
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