During Lent, both before and after the Gospel Acclamation, one or other of the following phrases may nbe used, or another similar phrase.
Verses | ||
Ps 50: 12. 14 | A pure heart create for me, O God and give me again the joy of your help. | |
Ps 94:8 | Harden not your hearts today, but listen to the voice of the Lord. | |
Ps 129:5. 7 | My soul is waiting for the Lord, I count on his word, because with the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. | |
Ez 18:31 | Shake off all your sins — it is the Lord who speaks — and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. | |
Ez 33:11 | I 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 2:12-13 | Now, now — it is the Lord who speaks — come back to me with all your heart, for I am all tenderness and compassion. | |
Amos 5:14 | Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and that the Lord God of hosts may really be with you. | |
Mt 4:4 | Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. | |
Mt 4:17 | Repent, says the Lord, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. | |
10 | Lk 8:15 | Blessed are those who, with a noble and generous heart, take the word of God to themselves and yield a harvest through their perseverance. |
11 | Lk 15:18 | I will leave this place and got to my father and say: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.’ |
12 | Jn 3:16 | God so loved the world so much that he gave his only Son; everyone who believes in him has eternal life. |
13 | Jn 6:63.68 | Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life; you have the message of eternal life. |
14 | Jn 8:12 | I am the light of the world, says the Lord; anyone who follows me will have the light of life. |
15 | Jn 11:25. 26 | I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will never die. |
16 | 2 Cor 6:2 | Now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation. |
17 | The seed is the word of God, Christ the sower, Whoever finds this seed will remain for ever. |