Flesh and blood will not inherit the Kingdom of God. While
we live in the flesh, we are separated from Christ. And if we
die, we live for eternity. For our corruptible body must put on
incorruption, and this mortal nature must shine with
immortality, that in the light of the eternal day we may sing:
ALLELUIA.
We expect to meet the Lord, we expect the clear dawn of the
Resurrection, we expect the rousing from their tombs of our
dead relatives and acquaintances and their restoration to the
most holy beauty of life.
And we rejoice in the coming transfiguration of all creation,
and cry to our Creator:
O Lord, Who didst create the world for the triumph of joy and
goodness,
Who hast restored us to holiness from the depths of sin,
grant that the dead may reign in the new creation,
and may shine as heavenly lights in the day of their glory.
May the Divine Lamb be their perpetual light.
Grant, O Lord, that we too may celebrate with them a
deathless Passover.
Unite the dead and the living in unending joy.