REND YOUR HEART, RETURN TO THE LORD

Joel 2:12-17

12 'Even now,' declares the Lord,

'RETURN TO ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART,

WITH FASTING AND WEEPING AND MOURNING.'

13 REND YOUR HEARTS AND NOT YOUR GARMENTS.

RETURN TO THE LORD YOUR GOD,

FOR HE IS GRACIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE,

SLOW TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN LOVE,

HE RELENTS FROM SENDING CALAMITY.

14 Who knows? He may turn and have pity

And leave behind a blessing--

Grain offerings and drink offerings

For the Lord your God.

15 BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION,

DECLARE A HOLY FAST,

CALL A SACRED ASSEMBLY.

16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly;

Bring together the elders,

Gather the children, those nursing at the breast.

Let the bridegroom leave his room

And the bride her chamber.

17 LET THE PRIESTS,

WHO MINISTER BEFORE THE LORD,

WEEP BETWEEN THE TEMPLE PORCH AND THE ALTAR.

LET THEM SAY,

'SPARE YOUR PEOPLE, O LORD.

Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,

A byword among the Nations.

Why should they say among the peoples,

'WHERE IS THEIR GOD.'

(Joel 2:12-17)

Today, a great Calamity is on the Horizon:

THE END OF TIME.

Where, Today, is there a Rending of the Heart?

A Returning to the Lord our God?

Has a Sacred Assembly been called?

What say the Priests who minister before the Lord?

Do not the Nations say: 'Where is their God?'