Having come down from Heaven, Jesus knew the lives of children are endowed from Heaven

New Advent: Having come down from Heaven, Jesus knew the lives of children are endowed from HeavenRUTLER: Liturgical readings in the Easter season often couple the Book of the Acts of the Apostles with the Book of Revelation. They are so different that at first you might think it is like putting a history of Dutch New Amsterdam alongside a science fiction novel. The Acts seem so human, with charming details, such as the fine needlework done by Dorcas (Acts 9:36-42). There is none of that in the Revelation of St. John. But think again: Dorcas the seamstress was raised from the dead. That is as astonishing as St. John’s descriptions of Heaven, which, since they are being filtered from eternity into time, seem almost like hallucinations.