I have been thinking.
I have been thinking that we have forgotten original sin. In the great leap forward of humanity into a culture of death, and those within the Church that follow the world, and not Christ, we have forgotten this:
Catechism of the Catholic Church 402 All men are implicated in Adam’s sin, as St. Paul affirms: “By one man’s disobedience many (that is, all men) were made sinners”: “sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned.”
Original Sin, the reason that Christ came, the reason he died for you and I. Original sin is the constant ability of all humanity to fall short of what God calls us to be. It is the lack of sanctifying grace.
We are not born perfect, nor are we beasts that are defined by our instincts, our greed, our sexuality, nor our abilities. We are given much at our birth including free will.
Free will allows us, to choose heaven, or to choose hell. Free will, the decision to follow Christ, with grace given at baptism, to rise above, to be more, to become whole in Christ. We are not defined by anything the world has to offer. We are defined by what God calls us to be, through his grace, and in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. We are called to be Holy, as God is Holy.
