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• Dramatic shift with Septuagesima Sunday: we stop saying Alleluia until Easter; we put on purple, the sign of penance. In the office, we go back to the beginning of the Bible, the opening chapter of the book of Genesis. This season represents a new start for us.
• We learn about the creation of the world along with the creation of mankind. We learn about the sin of our first parents.
• The Church wants us to start off this season with a reminder that we are wounded with Original Sin. Our souls are sick and in danger of dying.
• Original Sin with its wounds is like a genetic disease that is passed on through the ages, from generation to generation. Our first parents, Adam and Eve contracted the disease and modified the spiritual DNA of the human race. From that point forward, the disease is transmitted ...