The entrance antiphon to
today’s liturgy reads: “Christ is
mediator of a New Covenant, so that by means of his death, those who are called
may receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.”
Imagine that that which
you created, cherished, to whom you gave life, blessed, nurtured, supported;
that to which you have given a guarantee of an eternal inheritance rebelling
against you, choosing death over life, choosing one’s own will, choosing self, over God and God’s will. That is what Adam, Eve, Cain, the myriad of
people building the Tower of Babel, the people around Noah’s time, the
inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah and the Israelites did repeatedly on their journey
to the Promised Land; that is, each time they engaged in pagan worship of
created things, of man- made things, of sex and pleasures, wealth and power. That is what we are doing in erecting false
gods out of accumulative wealth used for selfish ends, the use of power to control
and do violence to each other and against other nations, and when we engage in
pleasure to violate our own and others’ dignity and integrity as children of
God.
On Easter, we will
celebrate that restoration of humankind to its Creator! Jesus, the New Adam, the One who is obedient
to God the Father even unto death and who trusts the Father’s plan of our
redemption, His will to make us one with the Trinity, will crust Satan’s head
from the cross.
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