Look at Him as risen. Just imagining how He rose from the tomb will bring you joy. The brilliance! The beauty! The majesty! How victorious! How joyful!
Saint Teresa of Avila
The Way of Perfection, ch. 26, no. 4
Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
Featured image: Resurrection is an 1887 watercolor study by Mikhail Vrubel (Ukrainian, 1856–1910). It was submitted to the jury for inclusion in the Cathedral of Saint Volodymyr, which was under construction in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sadly, the jury rejected his submission and Vrubel’s iconography never appeared in the Cathedral.
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