18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 - Vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! Colossians 3:1-5,9-11 - There is neither Greek nor Jew, but Christ is all in all. Luke 12:13-21 - A person's life does not consist of possessions. Who were the Colossians? A short introduction for context to St Paul’s Letter.