A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 9:43b-45
While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you.
While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you.
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young/ and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth./ Follow the ways of your heart,/ the vision of your eyes;/ Yet understand that as regards all this/ God will bring you to judgment./ Ward off grief from your heart/ and put away trouble from your presence,/ though the dawn of youth is fleeting.
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.” He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
There is an appointed time for everything,/ and a time for every thing under the heavens./ A time to be born, and a time to die;/ a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant./ A time to kill, and a time to heal;/ a time to tear down, and a time to build./ A time to weep, and a time to laugh;/ a time to mourn, and a time to dance./ A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them;/ a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces./ A time to seek, and a time to lose;/ a time to keep, and a time to cast away./ A time to rend, and a time to sew;/ a time to be silent, and a time to speak./ A time to love, and a time to hate;/ a time of war, and a time of peace.
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,/ vanity of vanities!
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
