When death comes and the theatre is deserted,
when all remove their masks of wealth or of poverty and depart,
judged only by their works, they will be seen for what they are:
some truly rich, others poor.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

The Lord was trampled on by death,
and in his turn, trod out a way 
over death.
Death slew, and was slain.

 
St. Ephraem, 4th century

The foolish fear death as the 
greatest of evils;
the wise desire it as a rest after labors 
and the end of ills.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

Life without God is nothing but death many times over.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

As for this life, when death comes and the theatre is deserted,
when all remove their masks of wealth or of poverty and depart,
judged only by their works, they will be seen for what they are:
some truly rich, others poor.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

Thanks be to God
who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 
Liturgy of the Hours

Christ did away with the everlasting character of death
so as to make death a thing of time, not of eternity.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

By dying Christ submitted to the laws of the underworld;
by rising again, he destroyed them.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century