1 Corinthians 12.12-26 (Epistle)

12Jer kao što je tijelo jedno i ude ima mnoge, a svi udi jednoga tijela, premda su mnogi, jedno su tijelo: tako i Hristos. 13Jer jednijem Duhom mi se svi krstismo u jedno tijelo, bili Jevreji, ili Grci, ili robovi, ili sami svoji; i svi se jednijem Duhom napojismo. 14Jer tijelo nije jedan ud, nego mnogi. 15Ako reèe noga: ja nijesam ruka, nijesam od tijela; eda li zato nije od tijela? 16I ako reèe uho: ja nijesam oko, nijesam od tijela; eda li zato nije od tijela? Kad bi sve tijelo bilo oko, gdje je èuvenje? 17A kad bi sve bilo èuvenje, gdje je mirisanje? 18Ali Bog postavi sve ude u tijelu kako je koga htio. 19A kad bi svi bili jedan ud, gdje je tijelo? 20Sad su pak mnogi udi a jedno tijelo. 21Ali oko ne može reæi ruci: ne trebaš mi; ili opet glava nogama: ne trebate mi. 22Nego još koji se udi tijela èine da su najslabiji najpotrebniji su. 23I koji nam se èine da su najsramotniji na tijelu, na one udaramo najveæu èast; 24I nepošteni naši udi najveæe poštenje imaju; a pošteni udi ne trebaju. Ali Bog složi tijelo i najhuðemu udu dade najveæu èast, 25Da ne bude raspre u tijelu, nego da se udi jednako brinu jedan za drugoga. 26I ako strada jedan ud, s njim stradaju svi udi; a ako li se jedan ud slavi, s njim se raduju svi udi.

Matthew 18.18-22, 19.1-2, 13-15 (Gospel)

18Jer vam kažem zaista: što god svežete na zemlji biæe svezano na nebu, i što god razdriješite na zemlji biæe razdriješeno na nebu. 19Još vam kažem zaista: ako se dva od vas slože na zemlji u èemu mu drago, za što se uzmole, daæe im otac moj koji je na nebesima. 20Jer gdje su dva ili tri sabrani u ime moje ondje sam ja meðu njima. 21Tada pristupi k njemu Petar i reèe: Gospode! koliko puta ako mi sagriješi brat moj da mu oprostim? do sedam puta? 22Reèe njemu Isus: ne velim ti do sedam puta, nego do sedam puta sedamdeset.

1I kad svrši Isus rijeèi ove, otide iz Galileje, i doðe u okoline Judejske preko Jordana. 2I za njim idoše ljudi mnogi i iscijeli ih ondje. 13Tada privedoše k njemu djecu da metne ruke na njih, i da se pomoli Bogu; a uèenici zabranjivahu im. 14A Isus reèe: ostavite djecu i ne zabranjujte im dolaziti k meni; jer je takovijeh carstvo nebesko. 15I metnuvši na njih ruke otide odande.

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)

He was a soldier in the Imperial army beginning under the pagan Emperor Maximian. He was a general under Constantine, and saw the Cross that appeared to the Emperor. After sixty years of military service, he retired to his home town and devoted himself to prayer, fasting and good works. A townsman, angry with a judgment that Eusignius had made to settle a dispute, denounced him to Julian the Apostate as a Christian. Summoned before Julian, he vigorously rebuked the Emperor for his apostasy from the Faith; for this he was beheaded, in advanced old age, in 362.

Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)

He was born in Rome and became a humble village priest; but when he was attending the election of a new Pope, a white dove was seen to descend on him and he was chosen to be Pope. Though humble and gentle, he was fearless for the faith, gathering the bodies of the martyrs, giving them burial, and building churches and shrines over their relics. According to the Prologue, he baptized the Emperor Philip and his son, also named Philip, as well as the senator Pontius; thus there were Christian emperors before St Constantine the Great. When Decius became Emperor, the persecution of Christians returned with terrible force, and Fabian was beheaded.

Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

In her own lifetime she was a wonderworker through her holy prayers. She brought her husband back from idolatry to Christian faith; he later became bishop of Nazianzus. Her son Gregory’s profound and devout writings bespeak the Christian upbringing she gave him. By her prayers she once saved St Gregory from perishing in a storm. She was a deaconess, and reposed in peace in 374.