*Sacred Scripture* Noah’s Ark
May 17
Noah watches with another man as animals flock to the Ark, which rests in the desert sand. Divine light shines down from the sky.
Gn 6: 5-13
Warning of the Flood.
Gn 6: 5-13
Warning of the Flood.
5* When the LORD saw how great the wickedness of human beings was on earth, and how every desire that their heart conceived was always nothing but evil,c
6the LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.*
7So the LORD said: I will wipe out from the earth the human beings I have created, and not only the human beings, but also the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air, for I regret that I made them.*
8But Noah found favor with the LORD.
9These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and blameless in his generation;d Noah walked with God.
10Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11But the earth was corrupt* in the view of God and full of lawlessness.e
12When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,f
13God said to Noah: I see that the end of all mortals has come, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I am going to destroy them with the earth.g
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/6
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.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet he did not sin.
Heb 4:14–15