In the last reflection of the present cycle we reached an introductory conclusion, taken from the words of Genesis on the creation of man as male and female. We reached these words, that is, the “beginning,” to which the Lord Jesus referred in his talk on the indissolubility of marriage (cf. Mt 19:3–9; Mk 10:1–12). But the conclusion at which we arrived does not yet end the series of our analyses. We must reread the narrations of the first and second chapters of Genesis in a wider context, which will allow us to establish a series of meanings of the ancient text to which Christ referred. Therefore, today we will reflect on the meaning of man’s original solitude.
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The meaning of man’s original solitude
Reflecting on Genesis 2, St John Paul II examines how man discovers his difference from the rest of creation and begins the search for his own identity
Pope St John Paul II

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