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1011 In death, God calls man to himself. Therefore the Christian can experience a desire for death like St. Paul's: "My desire is to depart and be with Christ. " ⁵⁷⁹ He can transform his own death into an act of obedience and love towards the Father, after the example of Christ: ⁵⁸⁰

My earthly desire has been crucified; . . . there is living water in me, water that murmurs and says within me: Come to the Father. ⁵⁸¹ I want to see God and, in order to see him, I must die. ⁵⁸² I am not dying; I am entering life. ⁵⁸³

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PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

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SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

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CHAPTER THREE: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

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ARTICLE 11: "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY"

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II. DYING IN CHRIST JESUS

Notes for the above paragraph:

579 Phil 1:23.

580 Cf. Lk 23:46.

581 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom., 6, 1- 2: Apostolic Fathers, II/2, 223-224.

582 St. Teresa of Avila, Life, chap. 1.

583 St. Therese of Lisieux, The Last Conversations.

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