Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 / Luke 9:7-9
The earth rotates round and round, day after day, month after month, year after year.
It rotates around itself and it also rotates around the sun.
And it can also be said that life is like a rotation.
That is the reflection that the 1st reading is giving us, when it says that what was will be again, what has been done will be done again, and there is nothing new under the sun.
Just that no memory remains of earlier times, and life seems to be like a repetition of history, and the lessons of life are learnt over and over again.
And in life, what goes around comes around.
For Herod, the memory of him giving orders to behead John the Baptist keeps coming back to him.
And the reports of Jesus was causing him curiosity and anxiety and puzzlement.
As for us, the memories and recollections of our lives are like promptings from God.
We give thanks to God for His blessings for the good and heartwarming memories.
As for the memories that we keep recalling, let us ask God for enlightenment, so that we can learn again the lessons that we have forgotten.