HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME/The Origin of Sin

Homily for Friday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time. 

Memorial of St. Scholastica (Virgin). 

Genesis 3:1-8;Mark 7:31-37

*The Origin of Sin

The first reading tells us the origin of sin. Our first parents disobeyed God out of pride. The devil in the form of serpent deceived the woman, saying, "You will not die. For God knows that when you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." They sinned against God because they wanted to be like God.

And by this sin, they dragged the rest of creation down with them into what we now call 'Original Sin.' Sin is a disobedience to God, necessitated by pride. They had everything going well for them, but they lost it all.

The sin of Adam and Eve can deaden the ears of our minds to hear the true realities of God and life, but our Lord Jesus Christ who made the man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech to ear and speak in today's Gospel has come to liberate us from sin and the power of the devil.

Many of us still live in the deafness of Adam and Eve's sin. We are invited to receive the liberation power of Jesus to hear the word of God and allow it to liberate the ears of our mind and body to listen to his invitation to authentic life.

Through the intercession of St. Scholastica, may God free us from pride and grant us the virtue of humility through Christ our Lord. Amen.