Lent | Gospel Acclamations

Lent Gospel Acclamations

During Lent, both before and after the Gospel Acclamation, one or other of the following phrases may nbe used, or another similar phrase.

Acclamations
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus!
Glory and praise to you, O Christ!
Glory to you, O Christ, you are the Word of God!
Verses
Ps 50: 12. 14A pure heart create for me, O God

and give me again the joy of your help.
Ps 94:8Harden not your hearts today,

but listen to the voice of the Lord.
Ps 129:5. 7My soul is waiting for the Lord, I count on his word,

because with the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Ez 18:31Shake off all your sins — it is the Lord who speaks —

and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
Ez 33:11I take pleasure, not in the death of a wicked man—it is the Lord who speaks—

but in the turning back of a wicked man who changes his ways to win life.
Joel 2:12-13Now, now — it is the Lord who speaks —

come back to me with all your heart,

for I am all tenderness and compassion.
Amos 5:14Seek good and not evil so that you may live,

and that the Lord God of hosts may really be with you.
Mt 4:4Man does not live on bread alone

but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Mt 4:17Repent, says the Lord,

for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.
10Lk 8:15Blessed are those who, with a noble and generous heart,

take the word of God to themselves

and yield a harvest through their perseverance.
11Lk 15:18I will leave this place and got to my father and say:

‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.’
12Jn 3:16God so loved the world so much that he gave his only Son;

everyone who believes in him has eternal life.
13Jn 6:63.68Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life;

you have the message of eternal life.
14Jn 8:12I am the light of the world, says the Lord;

anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
15Jn 11:25. 26I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;

whoever believes in me will never die.
162 Cor 6:2Now is the favourable time;

this is the day of salvation.
17The seed is the word of God, Christ the sower,

Whoever finds this seed will remain for ever.