*Sacred Scripture* Expulsion of Cain – Coypel
After Cain kills his brother, Abel, he is banished from the home of Adam and Eve, and chastised by God. Artwork by C. Coypel.
Gn 4:8-16
8Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.”* When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.c
9Then the LORD asked Cain, Where is your brother Abel? He answered, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10God then said: What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
11Now you are banned from the ground* that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.d
12If you till the ground, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a constant wanderer on the earth.
13Cain said to the LORD: “My punishment is too great to bear.
14Look, you have now banished me from the ground. I must avoid you and be a constant wanderer on the earth. Anyone may kill me at sight.”
15Not so! the LORD said to him. If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged seven times. So the LORD put a mark* on Cain, so that no one would kill him at sight.
16Cain then left the LORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod,* east of Eden.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/4
Saying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.
1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel:
*While you are on this earth, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks.
2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias:
*They began to sing hymns of praise, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them.
3-A simple Jesus prayer:
*Lord, Lord, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful.
4-Another prayer:
*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God.
But now, this is what the Lord says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”
Is 43:1–2