And they heard the sound of the LORD, god,
walking back and forth in the garden in the ‘wind of the day’
And the man and the woman hid from the face of the LORD, god,
among the trees of the garden.
And the LORD, god, called to the man
saying to him
‘Where are you?’
And he said
‘I heard the sound of you in the garden
so I was fearful
because I was naked.
So I hid myself. ‘
And he said:
‘Who told you that you were naked?
Have you from the tree
which I commanded you not to eat from
eaten?’
And the man said:
‘the woman
whom you gave to be with/ to me –
she gave to me
from the tree
and I ate.’
And the Lord, god, said to the woman:
‘What is this that you have done?’
And the woman said:
‘The serpent deceived me
so I ate.’
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve thee as thou deservest;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do thy will,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
St Ignatius