God says: I am the Beginning and the End. I shall give water from the well of life freely to anyone who is thirsty.

Jesus said: Keep watch, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Jesus saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.” And at once they left their nets and followed him.

Paul writes: You are children of light, children of the day. So let us not slumber but stay awake.

My soul is waiting for the Lord, I rely on God’s promise; my soul relies on the Lord more than a night-watchman on the coming of dawn.

The Lord says: Look, I am doing something new, even now it is emerging, do you not see it? Yes, I am making a way in the desert and my people will sing my praises.

John the Baptist came, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Change your lives, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

St. Paul writes: The kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.