Christ
is Risen! Alleluia!
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In the beginning, everything was very good. No sin soiled creation.
No sorrow marred the joy of our forebears. Adam and Eve were at peace
with God and in perfect harmony with one another. They were good
stewards of the bounty of Paradise, and they walked with God in the
cool of the day through the Garden. Nothing separated them from the
Lord Himself, and He talked with them face to face.
But then sin entered into creation upon the temptation of the
serpent. The perfection and harmony were marred by discord and doubt.
The eyes of Adam and Eve were not opened, but instead blinded by
their new-found sin. In shame, they ran and hid instead of appearing
before the Lord God as they had formerly. These newly fallen sinners
could not face the Holy One because they were no longer the holy
creatures He had created in His image.
