“…the virgin birth, the incarnation, the resurrection…are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay, destruction are the suspension of those laws….[It] would never have occurred to human consciousness to conceive of purity if we were not to look forward to a resurrection of the body, which will be flesh and spirit united in peace, in the way they were in Christ. The resurrection of Christ seems the high point in the law of nature…in the mystery of the word made flesh…the mystery of man truly becomes clear…Christ the Lord, Christ the new Adam…fully reveals man to himself and brings to light his most high calling.”

Flannery O'Connor