Not By Bread Alone
By FR. ROBERT ALTIER First Sunday Of Lent (YR A) Readings Gen. 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matt. 4:1-11 In the second reading today, St. Paul states that sin came into the world through one man. He also refers to the “trespass of Adam,” and the disobedience of one man. However, in the first reading we hear about Eve being tempted by the enemy of our souls and falling prey to his cunning. Only after Eve had eaten of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the tree from which our first parents were forbidden to eat, did Adam eat of the fruit at the behest of his wife. So, how can it be the sin of Adam when…Continue Reading