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The Museum Faith vs. The Living Faith

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Gospel: Luke 11:47-54 Jesus said: "Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets whom your ancestors killed. You are witnesses and you approve what your ancestors did. They killed them, you build their tombs. Therefore Wisdom says: I will send prophets and apostles, some you will kill and persecute, so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all prophets from Abel to Zechariah. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged to this generation. Woe to you, lawyers! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter." When He left, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to provoke Him to speak about many things, lying in wait to catch something from His mouth. HOMILY: The Museum Faith vs. The Living Faith 1. "You build tombs for the prophets" — The Hypocrisy of Honoring Dead Prophets You Would Kill If They Were Alive Jesus is brilliant. Your ancestors killed the prophets. You build beaut...

Genesis 4

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Cain at Abel 4    •  1  Nakipagtalik ang Tao sa kanyang asawang si Eva; naglihi si Eva at ipina­nganak niya si Cain – sapagkat si­nabi niyang “ Nagkamit  ako ng isang lala­ki sa tulong ni Yawe.” 2  Pagkatapos, isinilang niya si Abel na kapatid ni Cain. Isang pastol ng mga tupa si Abel, at magsasaka naman si Cain. 3  Pagkaraan ng ilang panahon, nag­handog si Cain kay Yawe ng mga ani ng lupa.  4  At naghandog din si Abel: inialay niya ang mga unang anak ng kanyang kawan at sinunog ang mga taba niyon. Nasiyahan si Yawe kay Abel at sa handog nito,  5  pero hindi siya nasi­yahan kay Cain at sa handog nito. Ikinagalit na lubha ito ni Cain at siya’y nalungkot.  6  At sinabi ni Yawe kay Cain: “Bakit ka galit at malungkot?  7  Kung gagawa ka ng mabuti, ika’y mama­butihin. Ngunit kung hindi ka gagawa ng mabuti, nag-aabang sa pin­tuan ang kasalanan. Han­da siyang sugu­rin ka, ngunit ikaw ang dapat maka...