Ecclesiastes 12:1 (WEB)
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
Catechism · 1
“Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, . . . before the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.” — Catechism footnote: Eccl 12:1, 7.
Fathers and councils · 1
“…man, in thy youth, and the rest; Therefore remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh;…and remember thy Creator…or ever the evil days come,.…or ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened,.…and they that look out of the windows be darkened; (signifying the faculty of…” — editor's note: Ib. xii. 1.
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