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, and from there, 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: “Behold, 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. Indeed, 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. So then, who is this, about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him. |