Paradise

Of all the imagery in today's first reading (Genesis 3:1-8), the well-known account of the first human sin, my favorite is this:

...the LORD God moving about in the garden
at the breezy time of the day...

Such is the paradise that we lost: a garden of cool breezes where God walks.

Such is the paradise that will be ours - and even more wonderful than this - by the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Lord Jesus Christ, son of the living God, be merciful to me - a sinner.