Whenever we say the Creed, we profess our belief in two resurrections. First we affirm our conviction that “on the third day He rose again”. Then, at the end of the Creed, we declare that “we look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come”.
The first resurrection is, of course, that universe-transforming event celebrated by the Church with resounding jubilation on Easter Sunday. The second resurrection is a mysterious development yet to come: the raising of our own bodies from the grave on the Day of Judgment, to be reunited with our souls in eternity.
