Philippians 3.8-19 (Epistle)

8Jer sve držim za štetu prema prevažnome poznanju Hrista Isusa Gospoda svojega, kojega radi sve ostavih, i držim sve da su trice, samo da Hrista dobijem, 9I da se naðem u njemu, ne imajuæi svoje pravde koja je od zakona, nego koja je od vjere Isusa Hrista, pravdu koja je od Boga u vjeri; 10Da poznam njega i silu vaskrsenija njegova i zajednicu njegovijeh muka, da budem nalik na smrt njegovu, 11Da bih kako dostigao u vaskrsenije mrtvijeh; 12Ne kao da veæ dostigoh ili se veæ savrših, nego tjeram ne bih li dostigao kao što me dostiže Hristos Isus. 13Braæo! ja još ne mislim da sam dostigao; jedno pak velim: što je ostrag zaboravljam, a za onijem što je naprijed sežem se, 14I trèim k biljezi, k daru gornjega zvanja Božijega u Hristu Isusu. 15Koji smo god dakle savršeni ovako da mislimo; ako li što drugo mislite, i ovo æe vam Bog otkriti. 16Ali šta dostigosmo u onome jednako da mislimo, i po onome pravilu da živimo. 17Ugledajte se na mene, braæo, i gledajte na one koji tako žive kao što nas imate za ugled. 18Jer mnogi hode, za koje vam mnogo puta govorih, a sad i plaèuæi govorim, neprijatelji krsta Hristova; 19Kojima je svršetak pogibao, kojima je Bog trbuh, i slava u sramu njihovu, koji zemaljski misle.

Luke 9.12-18 (Gospel)

12A dan stade naginjati. Tada pristupiše dvanaestorica i rekoše mu: otpusti narod, neka idu na konak u okolna sela i palanke, i nek naðu jela, jer smo ovdje u pustinji. 13A on im reèe: podajte im vi neka jedu. A oni rekoše: u nas nema više od pet hljebova i dvije ribe; veæ ako da idemo mi da kupimo na sve ove ljude jela? 14Jer bijaše ljudi oko pet hiljada. Ali on reèe uèenicima svojijem: posadite ih na gomile po pedeset. 15I uèiniše tako, i posadiše ih sve. 16A on uze onijeh pet hljebova i obje ribe, i pogledavši na nebo blagoslovi ih i prelomi, i davaše uèenicima da razdadu narodu. 17I jedoše i nasitiše se svi, i nakupiše komada dvanaest kotarica što im preteèe. 18I kad se jedanput moljaše Bogu nasamo, s njim bijahu uèenici, i zapita ih govoreæi: ko govore ljudi da sam ja?

Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion (1st c.)

This is the Centurion who stood at the Cross of Christ and, seeing Him breathe his last, cried out “Truly this was the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54). From that day forth he was a believer, and was soon baptized. According to some accounts, he was one of the guard at the Tomb of Christ, and was one of those whom the Judaean leaders sought to bribe not to tell the news of the Resurrection. But Longinus would not be bribed, so the leaders plotted to kill him. He left the army and went to his homeland of Cappadocia, where he boldly preached Christ. He was beheaded at the instigation of Pontius Pilate.

Our Venerable Father Gall, Enlightener of Switzerland (640)

He was born in Ireland to wealthy parents, who sent him to be educated at the Monastery of Bangor. There he embraced the ascetical life and became a monk. He was one of the twelve monks who traveled with his spiritual father St Columbanus (November 23) as missionaries to Gaul. In time some of the group traveled into pagan lands, up the Rhine river to Lake Zurich. The monks settled on Lake Constance around a chapel dedicated to St Aurelia, which had been taken by the pagans as a shrine; they cleansed and reconsecrated the chapel, which became the center of their new monastery. Saint Gall lived as a hermit, serving the brethren by making nets and catching fish. In 612 St Columbanus went on to Italy with most of his disciples, leaving St Gall and a few others to continue their life. When St Gall delivered Frideburga, the daughter of a local duke, from a demon, he offered the saint a tract of land on the shores of Lake Constance; here was founded the monastery that in later times bore St Gall’s name.

At various times, the holy Gall refused calls to become a bishop, or to take over the abbacy of the great monastery at Luxeuil. To all such requests he answered that he would rather serve than command. He continued living in his isolated monastic community until he reposed in peace in 640, at the age of ninety-nine. In later years, and continuing well into the middle ages, the Monastery of St Gall became famed for the holiness of its monks and for its library.