Bible Verses

She herself is the book of God’s commands, the law that endures forever.  All who cling to her will have life, but those who abandon her will die.

but each of us followed his perverted heart, serving false gods and doing what displeases the Lord our God.

We did not listen to the voice of the Lord our God, speaking through the words of the prophets he sent to us, 

Because of this, from the day the Lord brought our ancestors out of Egypt to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, the evils and the curse that the Lord pronounced through Moses, his servant, have followed us ever since. 

From the day the Lord brought our ancestors out of Egypt until now, we have disobeyed the Lord our God and rebelled against him instead of listening to his voice.

We have disobeyed him and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, nor have we followed the commandments that the Lord had given us. 

because we have sinned before the Lord. 

our kings and princes, our priests, our prophets, and our ancestors,

PENITENTIAL LITURGY First Part You will say: May everyone acknowledge the justice of our God, but on this day, shame and confusion befit the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 

Finally, read this book, which we are sending to you, so that you can read it publicly in the house of the Lord on the day of the Feast and other appropriate days.