OT Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13

Psalm Reading: Psalm 8

Epistle Reading: Revelation 21:1-6a

Gospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-46

"He who has ransomed our life from ruin gave us the power to be made new, and this power has an unspeakable and mysterious cause, but brings great salvation to our souls. So, to add or subtract anything is plainly the loss of eternal life." - Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit, 12, 29.