The 27th Sunday of the Year
Gen 2:18-24; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 (Year B)
"The Lord said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ ”
While the biblical creation narratives were never intended as a scientific description of human origins, they echo the universal experience of what it is to be human. We are social animals and, as such, can never thrive in isolation. Thus, in the verses that follow the assertion that “it is not good that man should be alone”, the creation narrative points to the life-giving relationships that offer meaning and purpose to our humanity.
