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Daily Lectionary

May 24, 2027

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These daily readings from the EHV follow the one-year daily lectionary provided in Christian Worship: Hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book, and the Treasury of Daily Prayer. In this lectionary, two readings of 15-25 verses each are provided for each day. Under this plan, nearly all of the New Testament and approximately one-third of the Old Testament are read each year. These readings fit well within the daily offices of Matins, Vespers, or Compline as daily family devotions.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

The Heading
11The words of Ecclesiastes,[] David's son, king in Jerusalem.
The Problem
2“Nothing but vapor,”[] Ecclesiastes said. “Totally vapor. Everything is just vapor that vanishes.”
3What does anyone gain by all his hard work, at which he works hard under the sun? 4A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth keeps standing forever. 5The sun rises and the sun sets. It hurries back, panting and out of breath, to its starting point, where it rises again. 6The wind goes round and round. Blowing south, then blowing north, the wind keeps going around in circles. 7All streams keep flowing to the sea, but the sea is never full. The streams keep coming back to the same place, and then they flow out again.
8Everything is tedious and tiresome, more than one can tell. No eye ever sees enough, and no ear ever gets its fill of hearing.
9Whatever has been is what will be again, and whatever has already been done is what will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun. 10Is there a single thing about which one can say, “Look, this is new”? It was already here ages ago, long before us. 11No one remembers the people who[] came before us, and as for those who are coming—after they are gone, no one will remember them either.
Search for a Solution
12I, Ecclesiastes, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13I applied my heart to seek out and explore with wisdom everything done under the sky.[] (What a burdensome task[] God has given the children of Adam to keep them busy!) 14I have seen all the actions done under the sun, and, look, it is all nothing but vapor. It is all chasing the wind. 15Whatever is crooked cannot be straightened. Whatever is not there cannot be counted.
16I thought in my heart, “Look, I have become great and accumulated more wisdom than anyone ruling over Jerusalem before me. My mind[] has absorbed so much wisdom and knowledge.” 17I applied my heart to understand wisdom and knowledge, madness and stupidity. I realized that this too is chasing the wind. 18In fact, with much wisdom comes much frustration.[] The more knowledge, the more pain!

John 6:60-71

60When they heard it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching! Who can listen to it?”
61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, “Does this cause you to stumble in your faith? 62What if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh does not help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. 64But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning those who would not believe and the one who would betray him. 65He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”
66After this, many of his disciples turned back and were not walking with him anymore. 67So Jesus asked the Twelve, “You do not want to leave too, do you?”
68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”[]
70Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” 71He meant Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the Twelve, because Judas was going to betray Jesus.