This week we invite you to watch the second episode of the Rescue Project, "Why is there something rather than nothing?"
In Credo for Today: What Christians Believe, Ratzinger writes, "Either all individual things are the product of evolution, including man, or else they are not... Of course the question remains open whether being... has a meaning and it cannot be decided within the theory of evolution itself, for that theory this is a methodologically foreign question, although of course for a live human being it is the fundamental question on which the whole thing depends."
This week we invite you to pray for the grace of Wonder and Awe as we contemplate the Biblical story of creation. As opposed to all other creation stories from the Ancient Near East; the Biblical creation story is utterly unique. It is imperative that we know this story. As Al Kresta remarked, "Story enlivens our imagination and sense of moral purpose. Knowing our story establishes our identity, and, in this age of identity politics, we need to enter into that story or be at the mercy of scores of distorted stories about the history and shape of the world."
The Biblical Story
- There is One God.
- He is good.
- He creates out of love (and not need).
- He creates effortlessly.
- The human person is the highlight of everything that He creates.
- We are made in His image and likeness.
- We are made for friendship, love, and communion with God and with each other.
