Daily Mass Readings for September 24, 2026: Gospel — Lc 9,7-9

² “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher. “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!” ³ What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth? ⁴ A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages. ⁵ The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again. ⁶ The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns. ⁷ All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again. ⁸ All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing. ⁹ What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth. 1 ⁰ Is there anything about which someone can say, “Look at this! It is new”? It was already done long ago, before our time. 1 ¹ No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.