Hosea 6:1 (WEB)
“Come! Let’s return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
Catechism · 1
“This new relationship is the purely gratuitous gift of belonging to each other: we are to respond to "grace and truth" given us in Jesus Christ with love and faithfulness.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:17; Cf. Hos 2:21-22; 6:1-6.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyprian of Carthage
“And again, the Lord speaks by the mouth of the prophet: “Early in the morning shall they watch for me, saying, Let us go, and return unto the Lord our God.”” — editor's note: Hos. vi. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“O prophecy, “He hath smitten, and He will bind us up, and revive us, and after three days He will raise us up,” portending indeed, as it did, a greater and more sublime event, yet no less applicable to Gorgonia’s sufferings!” — editor's note: Hos. vi. 1, 2.
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Tertullian
“For of this incident it is said by Hosea: “To seek my face they will watch till day-light, saying unto me, Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath taken away, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up; after two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up.”” — editor's note: Hos. v. 15 and vi. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Catechism §2787.
Cited together in Catechism §2787.
Cited together in Catechism §2787.