Romans 7.14-8.2 (Epistle)

14Jer znamo da je zakon duhovan; a ja sam tjelesan, prodan pod grijeh: 15Jer ne znam šta èinim, jer ne èinim ono šta hoæu, nego na što mrzim ono èinim. 16Ako li ono èinim šta neæu, hvalim zakon da je dobar. 17A ovo više ja ne èinim nego grijeh koji živi u meni. 18Jer znam da dobro ne živi u meni, to jest u tijelu mojemu. Jer htjeti imam u sebi, ali uèiniti dobro ne nalazim. 19Jer dobro šta hoæu ne èinim, nego zlo što neæu ono èinim. 20A kad èinim ono što neæu, veæ ja to ne èinim nego grijeh koji živi u meni. 21Nalazim dakle zakon, kad hoæu dobro da èinim, da me na zlo nagoni. 22Jer imam radost u zakonu Božijemu po unutrašnjemu èovjeku; 23Ali vidim drugi zakon u udima svojima, koji se suproti zakonu uma mojega, i zarobljava me zakonom grjehovnijem koji je u udima mojima. 24Ja nesreæni èovjek! Ko æe me izbaviti od tijela smrti ove? 25Zahvaljujem Bogu svojemu kroz Isusa Hrista Gospoda našega. Tako dakle ja sam umom svojijem služim zakonu Božijemu a tijelom zakonu grjehovnome.

1Nikakva dakle sad nema osuðenja onima koji su u Hristu Isusu i ne hode po tijelu nego po Duhu. 2Jer zakon duha koji oživljava u Hristu Isusu, oprostio me je od zakona grjehovnoga i smrti.

Matthew 10.9-15 (Gospel)

9Ne nosite zlata ni srebra ni mjedi u pojasima svojijem, 10Ni torbe na put, ni dvije haljine ni obuæe ni štapa; jer je poslenik dostojan svoga jela. 11A kad u koji grad ili selo uðete, ispitajte ko je u njemu dostojan, i ondje ostanite dok ne iziðete. 12A ulazeæi u kuæu nazovite joj: mir kuæi ovoj. 13I ako bude kuæa dostojna, doæi æe mir vaš na nju; a ako li ne bude dostojna, mir æe se vaš k vama vratiti. 14A ako vas ko ne primi niti posluša rijeèi vašijeh, izlazeæi iz kuæe ili iz grada onoga otresite prah s nogu svojijeh. 15Zaisto vam kažem: lakše æe biti zemlji Sodomskoj i Gomorskoj u dan strašnoga suda negoli gradu onome.

St Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425)

He was born to pious Christian parents on Cyprus. Known for his piety and purity of life, he was became a clergyman, then was made Bishop of Amathus by St Epiphanios (May 12). He served faithfully as bishop in Cyprus for many years, finally reposing in peace. At this time there were still many pagans in Cyprus, and he worked tirelessly as a missionary among them, bringing many to the Faith. He was known as a wonder-worker from his youth. “His father was a baker, and whenever his father left him alone in the shop, he would distribute the bread to the poor without payment. His father reproached him once for doing this, so he prayed to God and their storehouse became so full of grain that they could open the door only with difficulty.” (Prologue) Once he planted a dry slip from a grapevine, and it miraculously turned green and bore fruit. After his repose, on his feast day the vine would be laden with unripe grapes, as usual for this time of year; but during the Divine Liturgy, the grapes would become fully ripened.

Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

When St John Chrysostom was exiled, the Great Church caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the people saw this as a judgment upon the City for exiling the holy Archbishop; but St John’s enemies tried to blame his followers and persecuted them fiercely. Two of these loyal followers were Tigrios, a priest, and Eutropios, a reader. Tigrios had been a slave in his youth and was a eunuch; but once he was freed he had given his life selflessly to the service of the Church. The governor, Optatius, had Tigrios viciously tortured, then sent him into exile in Mesopotamia, where he died in captivity. Eutropios, another pure and holy servant of the Church, was flogged with whips and rods, then hanged. Christians carrying his body for burial heard a beautiful angelic chanting in the sky above them.