Hosea 6:3 (WEB)
Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
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 · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“For our perfected turning findeth God ready, as says the Prophet, “We shall find Him ready as the dawn.”” — editor's note: Hos. vi. 3, LXX.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Those who are thus continually engaged, are waiting entirely on the Lord, and say, ‘Let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find Him ready as the morning, and He will come to us as the early and the latter rain for the earth.’” — editor's note: Hos. vi. 3.
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John Chrysostom
“And the prophet, to manifest this, and to point out the constant readiness of His beneficence, said, “We shall find Him prepared as the morning.”” — editor's note: Hosea vi. 3, LXX. “His going forth is prepared as the morning,” agreeing with the present Hebrew copies. The sentiment of both readings (as we so often find,…
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Hippolytus of Rome
“But there is also that which is more honourable than all—the fact that Christ, the Maker of all, came down as the rain, and was known as a spring, and diffused Himself as a river, and was baptized in the Jordan.” — editor's note: Hos. vi. 3.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Catechism §2787.
Cited together in Catechism §2787.
Cited together in Catechism §2787.