Readings of the day

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
Psalm: 
89 (90):3-4,5-6,12-13,14 & 17

Gospel: Luke 9:7-9

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”

But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him.

Saints of the day: Saint Cosmas & Saint Damian, martyrs