Ecclesiastes, Chapter 1, verse 2

¹ The Preacher showeth that all human courses are vain

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2, verses 21-23

¹⁸ The vanity of human labour, in leaving it they know not to whom

²¹For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

²²For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Colossians, Chapter 3, verses 1-5, 9-11

¹ He showeth where we should seek Christ, ⁵ He exhorteth to mortification, ¹⁰ to put off the old man, and to put on Christ

¹If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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⁹Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

¹⁰And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

¹¹Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Luke, Chapter 12, verses 13-21

¹³ warneth the people to beware of covetousness by the parable of the rich man who set up greater barns

¹³And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

¹⁸And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.


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Catholic lectionary for 1 August 2010

Ecclesiastes, Chapter 1, verse 2

Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2, verses 21-23

Colossians, Chapter 3, verses 1-5, 9-11

Luke, Chapter 12, verses 13-21