RELIGION AND ART

The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying "I have produced a man with the help of the LORD" Next she bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the soil.... Gen. 4:1-15,25 Readings

Beloved: This is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, and not be like Cain who was of the Evil One and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you.  We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love remains in death...... 1 John 3:11-21 Readings