By pointing us back to the beginning, Christ not only re-establishes God's original plan for man and woman as the norm, he also provides the power for us to live it. The good News of the Gospel is that, ":Jesus cam to restore creation to the purity f it's origins."
Original solitude refers not only to the man being without the woman (see Gen. 2:18), but also the fact that the human being(male and female) is alone in the visible world as a person. "Person" is the word that distinguishes us from the animals. Persons have self-knowledge, self possession and freedom as the capacity to love God and one another.
Original Unity refers to the call of Man and Woman to live in a relationship that mirrors the inner life of the Trinity. We image God not only as individuals, but also through the holy communion of man and woman and the blessing of fertility. This represents a dramatic development of Catholic thought.
Original nakedness reveals the "spousal meaning of the body" which is the body's capacity of expressing Divine Love. Nakedness without shame demonstrates that man and woman experienced sexual desire as noting but the desire to love as God loves--through the sincere gift of self. In other words before sin, eros was perfectly inspired by agape. ,
Original solitude refers not only to the man being without the woman (see Gen. 2:18), but also the fact that the human being(male and female) is alone in the visible world as a person. "Person" is the word that distinguishes us from the animals. Persons have self-knowledge, self possession and freedom as the capacity to love God and one another.
Original Unity refers to the call of Man and Woman to live in a relationship that mirrors the inner life of the Trinity. We image God not only as individuals, but also through the holy communion of man and woman and the blessing of fertility. This represents a dramatic development of Catholic thought.
Original nakedness reveals the "spousal meaning of the body" which is the body's capacity of expressing Divine Love. Nakedness without shame demonstrates that man and woman experienced sexual desire as noting but the desire to love as God loves--through the sincere gift of self. In other words before sin, eros was perfectly inspired by agape. ,