September 26, 2026

9Rejoice, O youth, 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 regarding all this that God will bring you to judgment. 10Banish misery from your heart and remove pain from your body, for youth and black hair are fleeting. 1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come And the years approach of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2Before the sun is darkened and the light and the moon and the stars and the clouds return after the rain; 3When the guardians of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent; When the women who grind are idle because they are few, and those who look through the windows grow blind; 4When the doors to the street are shut, and the sound of the mill is low; When one rises at the call of a bird, and all the daughters of song are quiet; 5When one is afraid of heights, and perils in the street; When the almond tree blooms, and the locust grows sluggish and the caper berry is without effect, Because mortals go to their lasting home, and mourners go about the streets; 6Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken, And the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the pulley is broken at the well, 7And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it. 8Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, all things are vanity!

3You turn humanity back into dust, saying, “Return, you children of Adam!” 4A thousand years in your eyes are merely a day gone by, Before a watch passes in the night, 5you wash them away; They sleep, and in the morning they sprout again like an herb. 6In the morning it blooms only to pass away; in the evening it is wilted and withered. 12Teach us to count our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. 13III - Relent, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! 14Fill us at daybreak with your mercy, that all our days we may sing for joy. 17May the favor of the Lord our God be ours. Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands!

10but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

43And all were astonished by the majesty of God. The Second Prediction of the Passion. While they were all amazed at his every deed, he said to his disciples, 44“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” 45But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. The Greatest in the Kingdom.