For this we tell you
by a word of the Lord,
that we
who are living
who are remaining until the coming of the Lord,
will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep,
because the Lord himself
with a command,
with the voice of the archangel,
and the trumpet of God,
will come down from heaven
and the dead in Christ
will rise first.
Then we
who are living
who are remaining
together
with them
will be swept up in the clouds
for a meeting with the Lord
in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord, always.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve thee as thou deservest;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do thy will,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
St Ignatius