CCC 1006

"It is in regard to death that man's condition is most shrouded in doubt."⁵⁶⁵ GS 18. In a sense bodily death is natural, but for faith it is in fact "the wages of sin."⁵⁶⁶ Rom 6:23; cf. Gen 2:17. For those who die in Christ's grace it is a participation in the death of the Lord, so that they can also share his Resurrection.⁵⁶⁷ Cf. Rom 6:3-9; Phil 3:10-11.