Only those who love can understand the resurrection. It is primarily love which makes any sense of this experience. Paul said that the three greatest virtues are faith, hope, and love. While everything else will pass away, love will remain constant. Here now we find a clue to our understanding the resurrection.

But it's more than just understanding it. I understand the principles of basic finance, but I'm not rich. You may understand the principles of good health, but you may eat or drink or smoke too much. Understanding alone is not enough. We need action, too, and experience.

Gabriel Marcel, the well-known French writer and religious thinker, once said, "To love someone is to say, 'You will not die.' " Why? Because love will not tolerate any limits. It won't tolerate the limits imposed by …