Two Gardens

Adam in the Garden of Eden and Jesus in the Garden of Gethesemane… What do they have to do with each other? Discover how Christ is the ‘Last Adam’ in this animated video, drawn from Venerable Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ .

REFLECT
Jesus is ‘the new Adam’, indicated by St. Paul in the Letter to the Romans (5:12-21), in which he instructs the Church on humanity’s sin (original sin) through Adam along with the grace and life through Christ (salvation).

In the first letter to the Corinthians, Paul also says, “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive … The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit”(1 Corinthians 15:22.45).

1. How does this parallel between Adam and Jesus change your way of thinking about salvation?

Want to go deeper into this theological concept? Read more in this catechesis by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI

PRAY
Jesus, you are the ‘last Adam’;
While in Adam we were brought to death,
in You, we are made alive;
You were given as a ransom,
to purchase back what Adam forfeited,
And now with the hope of salvation,
Grant, good Jesus, that I may always live in you and for you.
Amen.

ACT
Thank someone who does a difficult job that many people would take for granted or overlook