He (Christ) really made His body a living sacrifice, because, though slain, He continues to live. In such a victim death receives its ransom, but the victim remains alive. Death itself suffers the punishment. This is why death for the martyrs is actually a birth, and their end a beginning. Their execution is the door to life, and those who were thought to have been blotted out from the earth shine brilliantly in heaven.
-- Saint Peter Chrysologus
This is a wonderful quote! The martyrs, although "blotted out from the earth shine brilliantly in Heaven"! I love that! Thank you!
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