- Prayer and Worship - Beliefs and Teachings - Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving - About USCCB The Seven Bowls.* 1I heard a
loud voice speaking from the temple to the seven angels, “Go and
pour out the seven bowls of God’s fury upon the earth.” 2The
first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Festering
and ugly sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast
or worshiped its image.* 3* The second angel poured out his bowl
on the sea. The sea turned to blood like that from a corpse;
every creature living in the sea died. 4The third angel poured
out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water. These also
turned to blood.a 5Then I heard the angel in charge of the
waters say: “You are just, O Holy One, who are and who were, in
passing this sentence.b 6For they have shed the blood of the
holy ones and the prophets, and you [have] given them blood to
drink; it is what they deserve.”c “Yes, Lord God almighty, your
judgments are true and just.”d 8The fourth angel poured out his
bowl on the sun. It