MARY, OUR MOTHER

CHAPTER III: TWO HEARTS OF WIT & WISDOM

One day a very serious minded padre, with a delicate sense of humor, referred to the Scriptures in his own peculiar way, emphasizing a delicate point. The passage was from the book of Genesis 3rd Chapter, 9th Verse:

"When they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, the man and his wife (Adam and Eve) hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the Garden. But the Lord God called the man and said to him,

"Where are you?"

And Adam said: "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid."

Then God said: "Who told you that you were naked? You have eaten then of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat."

The man said: "The woman you placed at my side--SHE DONE ME IN--she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate."

Then the Lord God said to the woman, "Why have you done this?"

The woman said: "The serpent deceived me and I ate." (In the next several Verses, God told them of their punishment, and promised them a Redeemer.)

The 21st Verse continues:

"The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them."

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Once you begin to read the Bible, whether the Old Testament or the New Testament, you can hardly put it down, it's so interesting, and it's TRUE, and so important to our daily life. It's the difference between Life and Death: Eternal Life and Eternal Death: Hell or Heaven! Surely you can obtain a Bible most anywhere--but if you wish you can obtain one very reasonably at www.tanbooks.com.

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Reprinted with permission by Deacon John G.