28th in Ordinary Time (19th after Trinity). 11am. Solemn Mass at St John Fisher Catholic Church home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Celebrant: Fr. Bob White Today's Gospel-Mark 10:17-30 In Christianity , eternal life traditionally refers to continued life after death , as outlined in Christian eschatology . The Apostles' Creed testifies: "I believe... the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting." In this view, eternal life commences after the second coming of Jesus and the resurrection of the dead . After death but before the Second Coming , the saved live with God in an intermediate state , but after the Second Coming, experience the physical resurrection of the dead and the physical recreation of a New Earth . The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "By death the soul is separated from the body, but in the resurrection God will give incorruptible life to our body, transformed by reunion with our soul