When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I shall not eat it (again) until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of God. Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, Take this and share it among yourselves; for I tell you (that) from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me. And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you. -The 5th Luminous Mystery

Adam and Eve


Question from Dean Famiano on 1/10/2008:

Father,

This is from my Gather.com post, please excuse it being so casual. I also posted what I feel was the answer to the question at Gather.com too. If you feel like looking at it, let me know. Thanks, Dean:

God said to Adam and Eve, "Don't eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil".

That's fine, they should have listened to God.

However, in Eve's defense, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S EVIL NOT TO LISTEN TO GOD IF YOU HAVEN'T EATEN FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL?

They didn't KNOW that it was evil, because they didn't know what evil was!

Answer by Fr. John Echert on 1/22/2008:

They new that they were created by God and therefore were subject to Him in all matters. So they would have known that defiance of the command of God would be a mortal sin--deadly--for God had even told them that they would surely die, were they to disobey Him. It is built into our constitution and conscience to be able to distinguish right from wrong, and this was certainly the case with Adam and Eve, whose conscience was clear and not so clouded as ours.

Thanks, Dean

Father Echert

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)