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Today is Feb 13, Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time.
We read in Scripture at today’s Mass, “So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh” (Gen 2:21).
When we think of the creation of Eve, we are likely to focus on the complementarity of Adam and Eve. It is not good for Adam to be alone, Scripture says. Adam needs Eve. In fact, without Eve, it’s not clear how exactly God was planning to continue the human race. Eve, after all, is the mother of all the living!
But there’s a deeper meaning here.
We Catholics believe that the Church was born from the side of Christ. At his death, the Roman centurion took a lance and pierced the side of Our Lord. Blood and water spilled forth. As the Second Vatican Council puts it, “The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus.”
Continued below.
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We read in Scripture at today’s Mass, “So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh” (Gen 2:21).
When we think of the creation of Eve, we are likely to focus on the complementarity of Adam and Eve. It is not good for Adam to be alone, Scripture says. Adam needs Eve. In fact, without Eve, it’s not clear how exactly God was planning to continue the human race. Eve, after all, is the mother of all the living!
But there’s a deeper meaning here.
We Catholics believe that the Church was born from the side of Christ. At his death, the Roman centurion took a lance and pierced the side of Our Lord. Blood and water spilled forth. As the Second Vatican Council puts it, “The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus.”
Continued below.
Discovering the origin of the Church in Genesis
Explore the connection between Eve's creation and the birth of the Church from Christ's side, highlighting their deep spiritual significance.
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