Glory be to Jesus Christ!
“Where are you?” This is the question that the All-knowing God asks Adam as Adam cowers for fear of being discovered in the Garden.
It is a tragic question indeed. We see the result of the eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is one of ruptured relationship which echoes throughout the created world. The ground will no longer easily produce food for the man: he will have to work hard and even then weeds will come out of some of his work. His relationship with Eve will no longer have the equality that God desired – “He will rule over [her].” In fact we see Adam blame Eve immediately, the “woman you gave me!” this same woman who a few verses earlier was “bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.” But most tragic of all is his relationship with God which has been distanced.
Where are we in our relationships? Do we honestly work at harmoniously living with the Lord and with our brothers and sisters?
Ultimately it is through the death and Resurrection of our Lord, the New Adam who lived in perfect obedience to His Father, which will open up the gates of paradise to us anew. Let us continue to deepen our relationship with Him and all of those who bear His Image and Likeness!
Glory be to Jesus Christ!
