GOD'S REGRET

The Lord saw that the wickedness of human was great in the earth,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil
continually. And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on
the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, " I will
blot from the earth human beings I have created, people together
with animals and creeping things, birds of the air, for I am sorry
that I made them. "But Noah found favor in God sight......
Gen. 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10

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THOU SHALL NOT KILL

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


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THE BEATITUDE

Blessed are you who are now weeping,
for you will laugh says the Lord. Matt. 5:3-12

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Pauline Prayer: Father in heaven, the loving plan of your wisdom
took flesh in Jesus Christ, and changed mankind's history by his command
of perfect love. May our fulfilment of his command reflect your wisdom and
bring your salvation to the ends of the earth. We ask this though Christ our Lord.

QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE

Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the LORD God had made.
The snake asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not the eat fruit from
any tree in the garden"
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,
except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to touch it; if we do,
we will die"
The snake replied, "That's not true; you will not die. God said that,
because he knows that when you eat it you will be like God and know
what is good and what is bad...  That evening they heard the LORD God
walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees ... Gen 3:1-8

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HOLY MATRIMONY

The Lord God Said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable
partner for him" So the Lord God formed out out of the ground various wild animals
and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call

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them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name.
The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals;
but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man..... Gen. 2:18-25

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THE BEAUTY OF CREATION

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of
the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Then God said, "Let there be light" and  there was light... Gen. 1:1-19

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SACRIFICE OF PRAISE

Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is

the fruit of lips that confess his name, Do not neglect to do good and share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls and will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing, for that would be harmful to you.
Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, working among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Heb 13:15-17, 20-21

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