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Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
These readings are also considered at Focus on what has eternal significance, look beyond temporal satisfaction (Readings for August 4, 2019 annotated) (Lectionary: 114)
Reading 1: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
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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 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 also is vanity.
Vanity, vanities= הֶבֶל = heḇel Blue Letter Bible vapour, breath; vanity, vainly; emptiness; something transitory and unsatisfactory; darkness; evanescent, unsubstantial, worthless
Qoheleth = קֹהֶלֶת = qōheleṯ Blue Letter Bible collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly
labored = עָמָל = ʿāmāl Blue Letter Bible toil, trouble, labour; heavy labor; wearing effort, weariness; worry, whether of body or mind; trouble, mischief, vexation; travail
wisdom = חָכְמָה = ḥāḵmâ Blue Letter Bible a divine attribute or energy; shrewdness; skill; prudence; cleverness; dexterity
knowledge = דַּעַת = daʿaṯ Blue Letter Bible knowledge, perception, skill; discernment, understanding, wisdom; cunning; knowing; intelligence
skill = כִּשְׁרוֹן = kišrôn Blue Letter Bible success, skill, profit, prosperity; advantage; equity, good
property = חֵלֶק = ḥēleq Blue Letter Bible portion, share, part, territory; one's possession; share or interest in; smoothness
misfortune = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible malignant; unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery; bad; evil; disagreeable, displeasing; unkind (vicious in disposition); wicked (ethically); distress, misery, injury; vex, hurtful; injurious; wrong
toil—see “labored” above
anxiety of heart = רַעְיוֹן = raʿyôn Blue Letter Bible vexation; longing, striving; desire; study
sorrow = מַכְאֹב = maḵ'ōḇ Blue Letter Bible pain, sorrow; anguish or (figuratively) affliction: —grief; mental pain
grief = כַּעַס = kaʿas Blue Letter Bible anger, vexation, provocation, grief; frustration; indignation, provocation; spite; wrath
occupation = עִנְיָן = ʿinyān Blue Letter Bible occupation, task, job; employment, business, travail
mind = לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
rest = שָׁכַב = šāḵaḇ Blue Letter Bible to lie down; rest, relax; sleep; prostrate; pour out
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17
R. (Ps 95:7-8) 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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
hear = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ Blue Letter Bible listen to, obey; perceive by ear; to hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; to consent, agree; yield to; to obey, be obedient; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); to hear and answer
voice = קוֹל = qôl Blue Letter Bible voice, sound, noise; to call aloud; a voice or sound; bleating, crackling, lowing, neighing, stamping of feet; noise of inanimate objects
harden = קָשָׁה = qashah Blue Letter Bible to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh; to make difficult, make difficulty; to make severe, make burdensome; make stiff, make stubborn; obstinacy; to show stubbornness; to be dense, i.e. tough or severe; be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous; be sore
heart = לֵבָב = lebab Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); seat of appetites; seat of emotions and passions; mode of thinking and acting; will and purpose; intellect
teach =יָדַע= yāḏaʿ Blue Letter Bible to perceive and see, find out and discern; to discriminate, distinguish; to know by experience; to recognize; be acquainted with; to know (a person carnally); to know how, be skillful in; to have knowledge, be wise; to be made known, be or become known, be revealed; to be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; to get to know, discover; to turn the mind to anything, to care about, to see about
number = מָנָה = mānâ Blue Letter Bible count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare; ordain; to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; prepare
days = יוֹם = yôm Blue Letter Bible day, time, year; a working day, a day's journey; the heat of the day; day time, daily; perpetually; lifetime; daily duties, observances, etc.
gain = בּוֹא = bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow; entering into specific relations; walk, associate with
wisdom = חָכְמָה = ḥāḵmâ Blue Letter Bible a divine attribute or energy; shrewdness; skill; prudence; cleverness; dexterity
fill = שָׂבַע = śāḇaʿ Blue Letter Bible be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited; to have in excess
daybreak = בֹּקֶר = bōqer Blue Letter Bible morning, break of day, end of night, coming of daylight; bright joy after night of distress
kindness = חֶסֶד = ḥeseḏ Blue Letter Bible goodness, kindness, faithfulness; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful, mercy; kindness especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable; lovely appearance; of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures; redemption from enemies and troubles; in preservation of life from death; in quickening of spiritual life; in redemption from sin; in keeping the covenants; fidelity; abundant, plenteous in kindness (goodness); greatness of thy mercy; everlasting; plural mercies, deeds of kindness, the historic displays of lovingkindness; desire, ardor; zeal; benignity, benevolence, pity, mercy; grace
prosper = כּוּן = kûn Blue Letter Bible to be firm, be stable, be established; to be fixed, be securely determined; to prepare, be ready; to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up; make provision; to direct; be right, fit, sincere, firm, constant; sure, constant; established, confirmed; enduring; direct one’s face toward; arrange, order
work = מַעֲשֶׂה = maʿăśê Blue Letter Bible deed, thing done, act; work, labour; undertaking, enterprise; achievement; thing made; product
hands = יָד = yāḏ Blue Letter Bible hand; strength, power (fig.); means, direction; force; ministry
Reading 2: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11
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.
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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.
raised = συνεγείρω = synegeirō Blue Letter Bible to raise together; to rouse in company with; to revivify (spiritually) in resemblance to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon help in raising, stirring up; rising together, reviving
seek = ζητέω = zeteo Blue Letter Bible to seek after, endeavor; inquire for; require, demand; strive after, endeavor, to desire; metaphorically, to "seek" by thinking, to "seek" how to do something; strive after, desire; to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into; to seek in order to find; to crave, demand something from someone; aim at; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon inquire for; search after, search out; inquire into, investigate, examine; require, demand; desire; feel the want of
above = ἄνω = anō Blue Letter Bible in a higher place; on high; upwards, above; inland, up from the coast; brim; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon upwards; the upward road; going up the country (i.e. inland); aloft; on high; in heaven; on the upper side; northward; inward from the coast; higher
right hand = δεξιός = dexios Blue Letter Bible a place of honour or authority; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon on the right hand or side; fortunate; dexterous, ready, skillful, clever; courteous, kindly
Think of = φρονέω = phroneō Blue Letter Bible to direct one's mind to a thing, to seek, to strive for; to exercise the mind, i.e. entertain or have a sentiment or opinion; by implication, to be (mentally) disposed (more or less earnestly in a certain direction); intensively, to interest oneself in (with concern or obedience); set the affection on; regard, savour; think soberly; some habit of thought (expressed by deeds); to have understanding, be wise; to think or judge what one's opinion is; be careful, to be modest, not let one's opinion (though just) of himself exceed the bounds of modesty; to be of the same mind i.e. agreed together, cherish the same views, be harmonious; to direct one's mind to a thing, to seek, to strive for; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon have understanding, be wise, prudent; to be well disposed; think; feel by experience, know full well; to be minded to do; to have certain thoughts for or towards any one, to be so and so minded toward; comprehend; to be in possession of one's senses
earth = γῆ = gē Blue Letter Bible the ground, the earth as a standing place; the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals; the earth as opposed to the heavens; a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region; arable land; the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe; ground; the earthy material out of which a thing is formed, with the implied idea of frailty and weakness; things and beings that are on the earth, involving a suggestion of mutability, frailty, infirmity, alike in thought and in action; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon earth (including land and sea); land, country; ground as tilled; estate, farm; particular kinds of earth or minerals, e.g. fuller's earth
died = ἀποθνῄσκω = apothnēskō Blue Letter Bible to die off or out; dry up, perish by rotting; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon die; renounce
life = ζωή = zōē Blue Letter Bible the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate; of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical; life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon living, i.e. one's substance, property; way of life
hidden = κρύπτω = kryptō Blue Letter Bible to cover, conceal, keep secret; to hide, conceal, to be hid; escape notice; keep secret; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon secret character, concealed, deep seated
appears, appear = φανερόω = phaneroō Blue Letter Bible to make visible, clear, manifest," known; to uncover, lay bare, reveal; to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way; make actual and visible, realized; to become known, to be plainly recognized; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon make manifest; reveal, make clear; have been demonstrated; make known or famous; become so
glory = δόξα = doxa Blue Letter Bible opinion, judgment, view, estimate; splendour, brightness; magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace; majesty; most exalted state; honor; absolute perfection; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute; good repute, honour, glory; glory, splendor, magnificence, celestial beatitude
put to death = νεκρόω = nekroō Blue Letter Bible destroying the strength of, depriving of power; to make dead; mortify; slay; deaden, subdue; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon make dead, mortify; to be dead
immorality = πορνεία = porneia Blue Letter Bible illicit sexual intercourse; figuratively, idolatry
impurity = ἀκαθαρσία = akatharsia Blue Letter Bible uncleanness; physically; in a moral sense the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living; impure motives; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon uncleanness, foulness, of a wound or sore; dirt, filth; in moral sense; ceremonial impurity
passion = πάθος = pathos Blue Letter Bible an affection of the mind, a passionate desire; a feeling which the mind suffers; an affliction of the mind, emotion, passion; depraved passion, vile passions; lust; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon emotion, passion; sensation; emotional style
evil = κακός = kakos Blue Letter Bible evil; amiss; bad in character; base, malignant, destructive, injurious; Grievous, Grievously; harm; miserable; badly ill; noisome; of a bad nature; not such as it ought to be; base, wrong, wicked; troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful; worthless; depraved; wrong, crime; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon ugly, ill born, mean; craven, base; bad of his kind, i. e. worthless, sorry, unskilled; wretched; evil, pernicious; abusive, foul; unlucky; ill; trouble, pest, nuisance
desire = ἐπιθυμία = epithymia Blue Letter Bible desire, craving, longing; strong desire of any kind; lusts; Such lusts are not necessarily base and immoral, they may be refined in character, but are evil if inconsistent with the will of God; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon desire, yearning, passion, appetite; longing after, inclination
greed = πλεονεξία = pleonexia Blue Letter Bible covetousness; a desire to have more; desire for advantage; avarice; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon greediness, assumption, arrogance; a view to one's own advantage; a larger share of a thing; gain derived from a thing; excess
idolatry = εἰδωλολατρία = eidōlolatria Blue Letter Bible the worship of false gods, idolatry
lying = ψεύδομαι = pseudomai Blue Letter Bible to deceive by lies; to speak deliberate falsehoods; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon cheat by lies, beguile; cheat, balk, disappoint one of a thing; represent a thing as a lie, falsify; lie, speak false, play false
taken off = ἀπεκδύομαι = apekdyomai Blue Letter Bible to strip off clothes or arms; wholly put off from one's self; denoting separation from what is put off; to divest wholly oneself; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon strip off oneself; metaph., put off
put on = ἐνδύω = endyō Blue Letter Bible clothe, wear; to sink into (clothing), clothe one's self; array, endue; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to go into; assume the person of; to enter, to press into; clothe
new self = νέος = neos Blue Letter Bible "new," "sweet," "fresh," regenerate; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon young, youthful; new, fresh
renewed = ἀνακαινόω = anakainoō Blue Letter Bible to make new; to be changed into a new kind of life as opposed to the former corrupt state; new strength and vigour is given to one; to cause to grow up, new, to make new
knowledge = ἐπίγνωσις = epignōsis Blue Letter Bible full, or thorough knowledge, discernment, recognition; exact or full knowledge, discernment, recognition; precise and correct knowledge; full discernment; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon recognition
image = εἰκών = eikon Blue Letter Bible representation; manifestation; an image, figure, likeness; one in whom the likeness of any one is seen; resemblance; moral likeness; denotes not mere similarity but likeness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon likeness, image; image in a mirror; living image, representation; similitude, comparison; pattern, archetype
Alleluia Verse: Matthew 5:3
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed = μακάριος = makarios Blue Letter Bible the highest good; happy;supremely blest; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon blessed, happy; bliss
poor = πτωχός = ptōchos Blue Letter Bible one who crouches and cowers; reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms; destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour; lowly, afflicted, destitute; helpless, powerless to accomplish an end; destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture; absolute or public mendicancy; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Beggarly
spirit = πνεῦμα = pneuma Blue Letter Bible (1) Breath, wind; the vital principal by which the body is animated; a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting (2)the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son; never referred to as a depersonalised force; God's power and agency; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon blast, wind; breeze or influence; breathed air, breath; breath of life; divine inspiration
kingdom = βασιλεία = basileia Blue Letter Bible sovereignty, royal power, dominion; denoting the ... people over whom a king rules; the right or authority to rule; reign; royal power and dignity; the rule of God; God's rule, the divine administration; the universe subject to God's sway, God's royal domain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon dominion; being ruled by a king; reign
Gospel: Luke 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.”
Take care = ὁράω = horaō Blue Letter Bible to see with the eyes; to see with the mind, to perceive, know; to take heed, beware; to care for, pay heed to; to attend to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon take, pay, or give heed; behold, perceive, observe; look out for, provide
guard = φυλάσσω = phylassō Blue Letter Bible to guard, watch, keep, be on guard against; beware of, keep yourself from; to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe; to avoid, shun flee from; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon keep watch and ward, keep guard; defend; beware of, avoid; be cautious, prudent; bear it in mind; act cautiously with regard to; take care lest; preserve, maintain, cherish
all = πᾶς = pas Blue Letter Bible radically means "all." Used without the article it means "every," every kind or variety; any and every, of every kind, all manner of; in every way or particular; the whole; each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything; thoroughly, whatsoever; all manner of; the highest degree, the maximum; always; in everything, in every way, on every side, in every particular or relation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon when used of a number, all; when of one only, the whole; all, the whole; every; all things as a unity, as a totality; all kinds of things; in all points, entirely, wholly; in every way, by all means, altogether
greed = πλεονεξία = pleonexia Blue Letter Bible covetousness; a desire to have more; desire for advantage; avarice; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon greediness, assumption, arrogance; a view to one's own advantage; a larger share of a thing; gain derived from a thing; excess
rich = περισσεύω = perisseuō Blue Letter Bible Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly, Abound; exceeding a certain number, or measure, to be over; superfluity; to be pre-eminent, to excel; to make to abound; to be more than enough, to be pre-eminent, superior; to be over and above; remain; to exist or be at hand in abundance; a thing which comes in abundance, or overflows unto one, something falls to the lot of one in large measure; to be in affluence; to furnish one richly; to make excellent; to superabound; to cause to excel; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be over and above; to be more than enough, remain over; abundance; to be superfluous; more than enough of; to be better than; abound more and more; make to abound; make longer
life = ζωή = zōē Blue Letter Bible the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate; of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical; life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon living, i.e. one's substance, property; way of life
asked =διαλογίζομαι = dialogizomai Blue Letter Bible To reason; to bring together different reasons, to reckon them up, to reason, discuss; chiefly of thoughts and considerations which are more or less objectionable; considerations not objectionable; mused; to bring together different reasons, to reckon up the reasons, to reason, revolve in one's mind, deliberate; cast in mind, consider, dispute, muse, reason, think; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon balance accounts; calculate exactly; consider; distinguish between; debate, argue; impute; hold a circuit court
himself = ἑαυτοῦ = heautou Blue Letter Bible in yourselves, in your own conceits; himself, herself, itself, themselves; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon himself, herself, itself, etc.; itself by itself, absolutely; his own; one against the other
say = λέγω = legō Blue Letter Bible to say, to ask; commanding, or bidding; to call, to call by name; pronouncing, telling or relating; to gather, reckon, account; to tell; affirm over, maintain; to exhort, advise, to command, direct; to call by name, to call, name; to "lay" forth; to asseverate, affirm, aver, maintain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to say, speak; declare; to tell one to do; to speak to the point or purpose; to speak (emphatically)
myself = ἐγώ = egō Blue Letter Bible I, me, my; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon I, for my part, for myself
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ψυχή = psyche Blue Letter Bible the seat of personality; the breath of life; the vital force which animates the body; the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon life; the conscious self or personality as centre of emotions, desires, and affections; various aspects of the self; Psyche
rich = πλουτέω = plouteō Blue Letter Bible to be rich, to have abundance, wealthy;to be richly supplied; affluent in resources so that he can give blessings; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be rich, wealthy; to be rich in a thing
matters = εἰς = eis Blue Letter Bible unto the end; continual; into, unto, to, towards, for, among; directed toward, or looks to; in reference to something; with respect to, in reference to; as regards; the end which a thing is adapted to attain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon towards, in regard to
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at Wisdom Principles--Stay Focused on God & What He Has Given You to Do; Don’t Be Distracted By Other Things
What these readings tell us about God/His ways:
You turn man back to dust
a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday
You make an end of them
morning they are like the changing grass, which at dawn springs up anew, but by evening wilts and fades.
the gracious care of the LORD 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.
taken off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self
being renewed, for knowledge, in the image of its creator.
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free
Christ is all and in all
Blessed are the poor in spirit
kingdom of heaven
one’s life does not consist of possessions
What these readings tell us to do:
hear his voice
hear his voice
hear his voice
hear his voice
shout for joy and gladness all our days.
the work of our hands
the work of our hands
hear his voice
seek what is above, where Christ is
Think of what is above
Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly
taken off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self
poor in spirit
kingdom of heaven.
guard against all greed
rich in what matters to God
What these readings tell us not to do:
harden [] your hearts
harden [] your hearts
harden [] your hearts
harden [] your hearts
harden [] your hearts
immorality
impurity
passion
evil desire
greed
idolatry
lying
say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry”
store up treasure for themselves
