Hebrews 10.32-38 (Epistle)

32Opominjite se pak prvijeh dana svojijeh, u koje se prosvijetliste i mnogu borbu stradanja podnesoste, 33Koje postavši gledanje sa sramota i nevolja, a koje postavši drugovi onima koji žive tako. 34Jer se na okove moje sažaliste, i dadoste s radošæu da se razgrabi vaše imanje, znajuæi da imate sebi imanje bolje i nepropadljivo na nebesima. 35Ne odbacujte dakle slobode svoje, koja ima veliku platu. 36Jer vam je trpljenje od potrebe da volju Božiju savršivši primite obeæanje. 37Jer još malo, vrlo malo, pak æe doæi onaj koji treba da doðe i neæe odocniti. 38A pravednik življeæe od vjere; ako li otstupi neæe biti po volji moje duše.

1 Thessalonians 4.13-17 (Epistle, Departed)

13Neæu vam pak zatajiti, braæo, za one koji su umrli, da ne žalite kao i ostali koji nemaju nada. 14Jer ako vjerujemo da Isus umrije i vaskrse, tako æe Bog i one koji su umrli u Isusu dovesti s njim. 15Jer vam ovo kazujemo rijeèju Gospodnjom da mi koji živimo i ostanemo za dolazak Gospodnji, neæemo preteæi onijeh koji su pomrli. 16Jer æe sam Gospod sa zapoviješæu, s glasom aranðelovijem, i s trubom Božijom siæi s neba; i mrtvi u Hristu vaskrsnuæe najprije; 17A potom mi živi koji smo ostali, zajedno s njima biæemo uzeti u oblake na susret Gospodu na nebo, i tako æemo svagda s Gospodom biti.

Mark 2.14-17 (Gospel)

14I prolazeæi vidje Leviju Alfejeva gdje sjedi na carini, i reèe mu: hajde za mnom. I ustavši otide za njim. 15I kad sjeðaše Isus za trpezom u kuæi njegovoj, i carinici i grješnici mnogi sjeðahu s njim i s uèenicima njegovijem: jer ih bijaše mnogo koji iðahu za njim. 16A književnici i fariseji vidjevši ga gdje jede s carinicima i s grješnicima govorahu uèenicima njegovijem: zašto s carinicima i grješnicima jede i pije? 17I èuvši Isus reèe im: ne trebaju zdravi ljekara nego bolesni. Ja nijesam došao da dozovem pravednike no grješnike na pokajanje.

John 5.24-30 (Gospel, Departed)

24Zaista, zaista vam kažem: ko moju rijeè sluša i vjeruje onome koji je mene poslao, ima život vjeèni, i ne dolazi na sud, nego je prešao iz smrti u život. 25Zaista, zaista vam kažem: ide èas, i veæ je nastao, kad æe mrtvi èuti glas sina Božijega, i èuvši oživljeti. 26Jer kako što otac ima život u sebi, tako dade i sinu da ima život u sebi; 27I dade mu vlast da i sud èini, jer je sin èovjeèij. 28Ne divite se ovome, jer ide èas u koji æe svi koji su u grobovima èuti glas sina Božijega, 29I iziæi æe koji su èinili dobro u vaskrsenije života, a koji su èinili zlo u vaskrsenije suda. 30Ja ne mogu ništa èiniti sam od sebe; kako èujem onako sudim, i sud je moj pravedan; jer ne tražim volje svoje nego volju oca koji me je poslao.

Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra (362)

St Basil labored for the Church during the reign of Julian the Apostate, who briefly attempted to return the Roman empire to paganism after the reign of St Constantine. The Saint had already suffered for the Faith as bishop of Anycra (now Ankara,the capital of Turkey), and when Julian came to power, fresh persecutions began. Basil openly denounced the Emperor’s anti-Christian policies, for which he was tortured and thrown in prison.

When the Emperor came to Ancyra, Basil was brought before him, and Julian urged the bishop to renounce the Faith, promising him wealth and position if he would do so. Basil replied, ‘I believe in my Christ, whom you have denied and who gave you this earthly kingdom, but He will shortly take this from you. How can you have no shame before the altar under which you were saved from death as an eight-year-old child when they sought to kill you? Therefore He will soon make this earthly kingdom from you, and your body shall not be buried when you have spewed forth your soul in bitter torments.’ The enraged Emperor ordered that seven strips be torn from Basil’s body every day, a torture which was carried out for seven days. When the Saint was once again brought before the Emperor, he tore off a strip of his own flesh and threw it to Julian, saying ‘Take this and eat it, Julian, if such food is sweet to you, but Christ is life for me.’ At this the Emperor ordered that red-hot iron spits be driven through Basil; and thus the holy bishop at last received the crown of martyrdom.

Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)

‘The daughter of the Emperor Trajan, she was seized with five other women when they were gathering the bodies of the martyrs who had suffered for Christ by night, and was for this cruelly mutilated by the Emperor. The five women were terribly tortured and at last thrown into molten copper, where they surrendered their souls to their Lord. But Drosida remained under strict imperial guard. However, she escaped from the court and baptised herself in a river. After eight days she gave her soul into God’s hands.’ (Prologue)