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not take her in my arms and kiss her and hold her to my breast?

Why is the risen body deadly, and abhorrent ounds?

The Resurrection is to life, not to death Shall I not see

those who have risen again walk here alad in the flesh, living in the flesh,

loving in the flesh, begetting children in the flesh, arrived at

last to wholeness, perfect without scar or blemish, healthy

without fear of ill health? Is this not the period of manhood

and of joy and fulfilment, after the Resurrection? Who shall be

shadowed by Death and the Cross, being risen, and who shall fear

the s to heaven?

Can I not, then, walk this earth in gladness, being risen

from sorrow? Can I not eat with my brother happily, and with joy

kiss e in

the flesh with feastings, go about erly, in the

joy of ainst this earth, that I should hurry off, or that I should

linger pale and untouched? Is the flesh which was crucified

become as poison to the crowds in the street, or is it as a

strong gladness and hope to the

out of the earth's humus?