Peace be to you.

We have now come to a point where we propose to discuss the Trinity.

But as I was preparing something to say about the Trinity,

there came to my mind two possible objections that you might have had concerning original sin.

May we treat those briefly?

One objection might be this.

Why is it that I have to suffer on account of Adam. I had nothing to do with him. I was not involved with his sin.

The answer is, yes, you were involved, so was I. We were all involved, simply because Adam was the head of the human race.

A river polluted at its source affects the entire current.

Parents are infected, the infection passes on to their children.

When the president declares war, we are at war, and without any individual declaration

on our part for the simple reason that the president is the head of our country. So too, Adam,

was the head of the human race. What he did, we did. Just as one man's evil can affect a whole

nation, as the good and honor of a father can affect the family, so to the disobedience

of one man, Adam, affected us all. But God and his mercy has repaired that harm through the obedience of the new Adam,

which is our blessed Lord. The second objection that might be urged against original sin is,

why should I lose the blessings that Adam had on account of his sins?

Is there not an injustice on the part of God to deprive me of the many favors that he had?

Simply because he sinned.

In answer to that objection, it must be recalled that there is no injustice done, because injustice is the depriving one of something that it is is due.

When Adam sin sin, he lost only gifts, gifts that God gave him, not things to which he was entitled

because of his nature. On Christmas Day when you go around giving gifts to

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