The world is constantly changing and evolving. What may have happened yesterday will be long forgotten. Even today will not last. While we think the past is never to be repeated, the sins of men remain unchanged throughout the ages.
If we do not repent and turn away from sin to live a life faithful to the Gospels, we can be sure we’ll meet an untimely end.
The only constant in our lives is Jesus, who is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow—forevermore.
For He is the Lord of the universe. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. So long as we remain steadfast in His love, we have hope for eternal life with Him. Amen.
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First reading
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 ·
Nothing is new and all is vanity
Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For all his toil, his toil under the sun, what does man gain by it?
A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever. The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises. Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; back then to its circling goes the wind. Into the sea all the rivers go, and yet the sea is never filled, and still to their goal the rivers go. All things are wearisome. No man can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing, ears their fill of hearing. What was will be again; what has been done will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun. Take anything of which it may be said, ‘Look now, this is new.’ Already, long before our time, it existed. Only no memory remains of earlier times, just as in times to come next year itself will not be remembered.
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Gospel
Luke 9:7-9
‘John? I beheaded him; so who is this?’
Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was being done by Jesus; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. But Herod said, ‘John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?’ And he was anxious to see Jesus.
