I OWE these reflections in large measure to Rahner's "Theological Investigations" and to Ratzinger's "Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week."

There is, in all of us, a desire for a definitive, lasting state of existence — fulfillment. Often, we use the image of "eternal life," — which is certainly to be distinguished from an indefinite prolongation of our present existence, which would be a dreadful form of condemnation. We are terrified by the prospect of annihilation — simply passing out of existence. There is something in us that yearns for completion-wholeness-fulfillment. That is to say, there is something in us that longs for Resurrection.

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