An invitation to step out into the light (Fr. Timothy Radcliffe)

    How should conversations begin? In Genesis after the Fall, there is a terrible silence. The silent communion of Eden has become the silence of shame. Adam and Eve hide. How can God reach across that chasm? God waits patiently until they have clothed themselves to hide their embarrassment. Now they are ready for the first conversation in the Bible. The silence is broken with a simple question: ‘Where are you?’ It is not a request for information. It is an invitation to step out into the light and stand visibly before the face of God. 

--Fr. Timothy Radcliffe 

Image source: Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, bas-relief on the Portail de la Vierge, Notre-Dame de Paris.  Photo by Fr. Patrick Michaels.  To see the other sides of this trumeau, go to:   https://jalladeauj.fr/portailsndparis/styled-3/
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