Today’s selection from Tobias jumps over a lot of things. From yesterday’s selection until now, two chapters are left out, the one about the purpose for Tobias’s journey (4:20-21) which is prefaced by a …

Reading I: Job 42:1-3,12-17
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 119:66,130
Gospel Reading: Luke 10:17-24

Vindication.  That is the word for the conclusion of Job’s story.  The author does not tell us what happens to his friends, …

Reading I: Job 38:1-21; 43:3-5
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 139:1-14
Gospel Reading: Luke 10:13-16

Behold, I am of little account; what can I answer you? I put my hand over …

Reading I: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8
Resp. Psalm:  Psalm 90:3-4,17
Gospel Reading:  Luke 9:43-45

Qoheleth’s Advise to the Young
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come …

Reading I: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 144:1-2,3-4
Gospel Reading: Luke 9:18-22

The selection from Qoheleth is another classic, this time on time. But the "time" described here is qualitative rather than quantitative. The …

Reading I: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
Resp. Psalm:  Psalm 90:3-4,14.17
Gospel Reading:  Luke 9:7-9

The selection from Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) is a classic on the meaninglessness of existence.  The author draws a very negative picture of the realm …