CCC 1011

In death, God calls man to himself. Therefore the Christian can experience a desire for death like St. Paul's: "My desire is to depart and be with Christ. "⁵⁷⁷ Phil 1:23. He can transform his own death into an act of obedience and love towards the Father, after the example of Christ:⁵⁷⁸ Cf. Lk 23:46.

My earthly desire has been crucified; . . . there is living water in me, water that murmurs and says within me: Come to the Father.⁵⁷⁹ St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom., 6, 1- 2: Apostolic Fathers, II/2, 223-224. I want to see God and, in order to see him, I must die.⁵⁸⁰ St. Teresa of Avila, Life, chap. 1. I am not dying; I am entering life.⁵⁸¹ St. Therese of Lisieux, the Last Conversations.