1 Corinthians 14.20-25 (Epistle)

20Braæo! ne budite djeca umom, nego pakošæu djetinjite, a umom budite savršeni. 21U zakonu piše: drugijem jezicima i drugijem usnama govoriæu narodu ovome, i ni tako me neæe poslušati, govori Gospod. 22Zato su jezici za znak ne onima koji vjeruju, nego koji ne vjeruju; a proroštvo ne onima koji ne vjeruju, nego koji vjeruju. 23Ako se dakle skupi crkva sva na jedno mjesto, i svi uzgovorite jezicima, a doðu i prostaci, ili nevjernici, neæe li reæi da ste poludjeli? 24A ako svi prorokuju, i doðe kakav nevjernik ili prostak, bude pokaran od sviju i suðen od sviju. 25I tako tajne srca njegova bivaju javljene, i tako padnuvši nièice pokloniæe se Bogu, i kazaæe da je zaista Bog s vama.

Luke 6.1-10 (Gospel)

1Dogodi mu se pak u prvu subotu po drugome danu pashe da iðaše kroz usjeve, i uèenici njegovi trgahu klasje, i satirahu rukama te jeðahu. 2A neki od fariseja rekoše im: zašto èinite što ne valja èiniti u subotu? 3I odgovarajuæi Isus reèe im: zar nijeste èitali ono što uèini David kad ogladnje, on i koji bijahu s njim? 4Kako uðe u kuæu Božiju, i uze hljebove postavljene i izjede, i dade ih onima što bijahu s njim, kojijeh nikome ne valjaše jesti osim jedinijeh sveštenika. 5I reèe im: sin je èovjeèij gospodar i od subote. 6A dogodi se u drugu subotu da on uðe u zbornicu i uèaše, i bješe ondje èovjek kome desna ruka bješe suha. 7Književnici pak i fariseji gledahu za njim neæe li u subotu iscijeliti, da ga okrive. 8A on znadijaše pomisli njihove, i reèe èovjeku koji imaše suhu ruku: ustani i stani na srijedu. A on ustade i stade. 9A Isus reèe im: da vas zapitam: šta valja u subotu èiniti, dobro ili zlo? održati dušu ili pogubiti? A oni muèahu. 10I pogledavši na sve njih reèe mu: pruži ruku svoju. A on uèini tako; i ruka posta zdrava kao i druga.

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.