attending Mass. Ask our good God to show you what He is saying to you through those Scriptures. Before we hear the Gospel proclaimed, we sing an “alleluia acclamation.” This is the same acclamation that Saint John tells us is sung in heaven before the throne of God (see Rev. 19). It is the joyful shout of God’s people to the coming of the Word of God. As the priest moves toward the ambo (lectern) to read the Gospel, he pauses and bows to the altar whispering, “Cleanse my heart and my lips, Almighty