First Reading - Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23
Vanity of vanities, says
Qoheleth, vanity of vanities!
All things are vanity!
Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and yet to another who has not labored over
it, he must leave his property.
This also is vanity and a great
misfortune.
For what profit comes to
man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has
labored under the sun? All his
days sorrow and grief are his
occupation; even at night his
mind is not at rest. This is also
vanity.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 90
R –If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts!
* You turn man back to dust,
saying, “Return, O children
of men.” For a thousand years
in your sight are as yesterday,
now that it is past, or as a watch
of the night. R.
* You make an end of them
in their sleep; the next morning they are like the changing
grass, which at dawn springs
up anew, but by evening wilts
and fades. R.
* Teach us to number our
days aright, that we may gain
wisdom of heart. Return, O
Lord! How long? Have pity on
your servants! R.
* Fill us at daybreak with
your kindness, that we may
shout for joy and gladness all
our days. And may the gracious care of the Lord our God
be ours; prosper the work of
our hands for us! Prosper the
work of our hands! R.
Second Reading - Col 3:1-5.9-11
Brothers and sisters:
If you were raised with
Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the
right hand of God. Think of
what is above, not of what is on
earth. For you have died, and
your life is hidden with Christ
in God. When Christ your life
appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
Put to death, then, the
parts of you that are earthly:
immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed
that is idolatry. Stop lying to
one another, since you have
taken off the old self with its
practices and have put on
the new self, which is being
renewed, for knowledge, in
the image of its Creator. Here
there is not Greek and Jew,
circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,
slave, free; but Christ is all
and in all.
Gospel Acclamation - Mt 5:3
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said
to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my
brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to
him, “Friend, who appointed
me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all
greed, for though one may be
rich, one’s life does not consist
of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man
whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I
do not have space to store my
harvest?’ And he said, ‘This
is what I shall do: I shall tear
down my barns and build
larger ones. There I shall store
all my grain and other goods
and I shall say to myself, “Now
as for you, you have so many
good things stored up for many
years. Rest, eat, drink, be
merry!” ’ But God said to him,
‘You fool! This night your life
will be demanded of you; and
the things you have prepared,
to whom will they belong?’
Thus will it be for all who
store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what
matters to God.”
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