HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME
Homily for Wednesday of the 5th week in Ordinary time *The second account of creation of Man * what defiles a man? Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17; The first reading tells us of the 2nd account of creation of man. It says: "The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breadth of life, and the man became a living being" (Gen 2:7). God being the sole creator of man brings the implication that human life is sacred. Hence, man in the image of God is both corporeal and spiritual; distinguishing him from the entire visible world. Man is a unity and a duality. Unity means he is one, and duality means he is at the same time body and soul. Placed in the garden of Eden, God commanded man saying: "You may eat freely of the tree of the garden; but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, lest you shall die" (Gen 2:15-17). God is the lawgiver, the giver of all moral laws. However Adam and Eve disobeyed God and incurred cons...