My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. In you, Lord, I put my hope; you, Lord my God, will give answer.

Jesus said: Love one another just as I have loved you. By this, everyone will recognize you as my disciples.

God says: Seek me and you shall live. Let justice flow like water, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.

Jesus asked a blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Rabbi, I want to see”, he replied. And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has saved you.”

The Wisdom of God led the upright along straight paths and showed them the realities of the kingdom of God.

John writes: This is what we have heard from Christ: God is light, in him there is no darkness at all.

Paul writes: Bear each other’s burdens and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.

O God, you have been a refuge for the weak, a shelter for the needy in distress.