Thursday, 2/9/17
Let’s move slowly through today’s readings, seeing what Our
Lord presents us with.
The first thing God has to say about his new creation is, “It
is not good for the man to be alone.” Now, don’t jump to the conclusion that
God is saying he needs a wife. No, before he got around to securing a woman for
the man, he tried giving him all kinds of animals and birds for company. Let’s
take the obvious meaning for Our Lord’s words. It is that we are social
animals, meant to work together with others.
Don’t be surprised at this, but Genesis often slips into
childish humor. We are mean to imagine the
man turning down the monkey, the giraffe, the pussycat, each for an obvious
reason.
The happy humor continues when the man sees Eve. We are
supposed to hear him shouting, “This one!” and, “No more, please, I want this
one!”
The humorous edge is there through the Gospel story.
Obviously, Jesus was testing the Syrophoenicean woman; knowing full well how
she would react.
And, doesn’t she react cleverly, comparing herself to a dog
waiting for scraps under the table?
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