It is certainly true that the story of the Garden of Eden makes us think about the tragic consequences of rejecting the Father, which becomes evident in man's inner disorder and in the breakdown of harmony between man and woman, brother and brother. Refusal of God's fatherly love and of His loving gifts is always at the root of humanity's divisions. God created man in His own image and likeness, calling him to existence through love, He called him at the same time for love. God is love and in Himself He lives a mystery of personal loving communion. Creating the human race in His own image and continually keeping it in being, God inscribed in the humanity of man and woman the vocation, and thus the capacity and responsibility, of love and communion.
Love is therefore the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being.
The vocation to love, understood as true openness to our fellow human beings and solidarity with them, is the most basic of all vocations. It is the origin of all vocations in life. Along the path of each person's existence, the Lord has something for each one to do. Jesus' way of acting and His words, His deeds, and His precepts constitute the moral rule of Christian life. Indeed, His actions, and in particular His Passion and death on the Cross, are the living Revelation of His love for the Father and for others.