The story of creation in Genesis is not meant to be a scientific explanation of the origin of the universe, but rather communicate important truths about God and humanity.
God made Adam and Eve in His image and likeness to live out the roles of priest, prophet, king, a son and daughter of God, and spouses. Original Sin distorted the state of Original Justice in which man was created and is transmitted to all human beings.
Acting as priests, Cain and Abel both offered sacrifices to God, but Cain’s sacrifice was not a true spiritual sacrifice.
God entered into a new covenant with all of creation through Noah and his family.
Every human being possesses intrinsic dignity because he or she is made in God’s image and likeness.
Grace is the free and undeserved gift of God’s life within us that makes us adopted sons and daughters of God.
The Church seeks to gather all persons together for the sake of their salvation and to be part of God’s Kingdom as one people, one Body of Christ.
God communicates invisible, spiritual realities to us through visible, material signs and symbols in creation.
God knows His creation intimately and cares for all of it.
He created the things we can see and the things we cant see.
Like Him, we can think, we can make choices, and we can love. God wants us to make loving choices.
God wants us to Love in the way the He loves.
God intentionally and deliberately created each one of us.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God. This was a bad choice.
