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"And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living. And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife. garments of skin, and clothed them. And he said, 'Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat,and live forever.' And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." (Genesis Ch3:22-24) The Churching of women is a blessing given by a Priest to Catholic women after childbirth. It is a ritual originating in the Jewish rite of purification of women after childbirth in Leviticus Chapter 12. If a woman gives birth to a male child she shall be unclean for seven days. If a woman gives birth to a female child she shall be unclean for two weeks. Leviticus (Ch12:2-5) The Catholic ritual blesses both male and female babies equally with baptism. The Catholic woman prays for her salvation the salvation of her child through the intercession of the Virgin Marry. Reflections~ If Original Sin is sex, then why is childbirth a blessing? <?>< Vertago |