
Sharing the Word for February 15, 2021 – Sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
The story of humankind is about sinfulness that grows from generation to generation. And yet God continues to look after his creature.
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The story of humankind is about sinfulness that grows from generation to generation. And yet God continues to look after his creature.

Those who can be present with head, heart, and body at the same time will always encounter The Presence, whether they call it God or not.

Even in their fallen state men and women are the objects of God’s care. The garment of skins that God makes for them shows his continued concern.

To keep our bodies less defended, to live in our body right now, to be present to others in a cellular way, is also the work of healing of past hurts

The constant angst and heaviness of the pandemic has taken its toll in some way on each of us. May this prayer remind you of your humanity at a time when it is easy to be hard on yourself.

Evil is one of the mysteries of creation. We don’t understand all the implications of original sin, but we know that it has affected us and that we are all somehow sinners.

Powerlessness, the state of the shipwrecked, is an experience we all share anyway, if we are sincere

The creation narrative teaches that woman is of the same nature as man–of equal worth. Without her man is not fully himself.

The Gospel story of the healing of the leper is full of emotion. The man is invited to re-connect with the community, signaling the end of his isolation. The power at work in Jesus cannot be kept secret.

Eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would have given humans a degree of power inappropriate for creatures.