September 25, 2014

Reading

The Book of Ecclesiastes 1: 2-11

1:2	Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
1:3	What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
1:4	A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
1:5	The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, iar de acolo, being born again,
1:6	it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
1:7	All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
1:8	Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
1:9	What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
1:10	There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: "Iată, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
1:11	There is no remembrance of the former things. Într-adevăr, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke 9: 7-9

9:7	Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all the things that were being done by him, but he doubted, because it was said
9:8	by some, “For John has risen from the dead,” yet truly, by others, “For Elijah has appeared,” and by still others, “For one of the prophets from of old has risen again.”
9:9	And Herod said: “I beheaded John. Deci, who is this, about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.