When God placed his breath into us from the clay of the earth, he breathed life into us showed us how to take care of his creations. Last night in RCIA, we were talking about the Catholic moral life, about sins both venial and mortal, about the difference between following God’s commandments and trying to invent our own rules and commandments relative to our own lived reality. Man could eat of any tree of the garden besides the Tree of the of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. In some ways, that tree can be likened to the many doors and opportunities that are presented to us in life. Of the opportunities presented to us, God asks us that we not choose evil. Yet, sometimes, that is so hard to do, isn’t it? It is not just an objective theory, but a messy, lived reality in our lives. God’s unconditional love for us is always there, beckoning us to turn to the Gospel and to turn away from sin. God’s love is there for us even in the midst of our sins and all we do wrong. Out of our free will, we need to be ready to turn back to him. As we journey in these weeks of ordinary time before the liturgical season of Lent begins on March 1, we will once again to turn repentance, conversion, and renewal. Once again, we are called to trust. May we see this as a new opportunity in our lives, no matter how gloomy things look.
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