Acts 5.1-11 (Epistle)

1A jedan èovjek, po imenu Ananija, sa ženom svojom Sapfirom prodade njivu, 2I sakri od novaca sa znanjem i žene svoje, i donesavši jedan dijel metnu apostolima pred noge. 3A Petar reèe: Ananija! zašto napuni sotona srce tvoje da slažeš Duhu svetome i sakriješ od novaca što uze za njivu? 4Kad je bila u tebe ne bješe li tvoja? I kad je prodade ne bješe li u tvojoj vlasti? Zašto si dakle takovu stvar metnuo u srce svoje? Ljudima nijesi slagao nego Bogu. 5A kad èu Ananija rijeèi ove, pade i izdahnu; i uðe veliki strah u sve koji slušahu ovo. 6A momci ušavši uzeše ga i iznesoše te zakopaše. 7A kad proðe oko tri sahata, uðe i žena njegova ne znajuæi šta je bilo. 8A Petar joj odgovori: kaži mi jeste li za toliko dali njivu? A ona reèe: da, za toliko. 9A Petar joj reèe: zašto se dogovoriste da iskušate Duha Gospodnjega? Gle, noge onijeh koji tvoga muža zakopaše pred vratima su, i iznijeæe te. 10I odmah padnu pred nogama njegovijem i izdahnu. A momci ušavši naðoše je mrtvu i iznesoše je i zakopaše kod muža njezina. 11I uðe veliki strah u svu crkvu i u sve koji èuše ovo.

John 5.30-6.2 (Gospel)

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. 31Ako ja svjedoèim za sebe, svjedoèanstvo moje nije istinito. 32Ima drugi koji svjedoèi za mene; i znam da je istinito svjedoèanstvo što svjedoèi za mene. 33Vi poslaste k Jovanu, i posvjedoèi vam za istinu; 34A ja ne primam svjedoèanstva od èovjeka, nego ovo govorim da se vi spasete. 35On bješe vidjelo koje goraše i svijetljaše, a vi se htjeste malo vremena radovati njegovu svijetljenju. 36Ali ja imam svjedoèanstvo veæe od Jovanova; jer poslovi koje mi dade otac da ih svršim, ovi poslovi koje ja radim svjedoèe za mene da me otac posla. 37I otac koji me posla sam svjedoèi za mene. Ni glasa njegova kad èuste ni lica njegova vidjeste. 38I rijeèi njegove nemate u sebi da stoji; jer vi ne vjerujete onome koga on posla. 39Pregledajte pisma, jer vi mislite da imate u njima život vjeèni; i ona svjedoèe za mene. 40I neæete da doðete k meni da imate život. 41Ja ne primam slave od ljudi. 42Nego vas poznajem da ljubavi Božije nemate u sebi. 43Ja doðoh u ime oca svojega i ne primate me; ako drugi doðe u ime svoje, njega æete primiti. 44Kako vi možete vjerovati kad primate slavu jedan od drugoga, a slave koja je od jedinoga Boga ne tražite? 45Ne mislite da æu vas tužiti ocu; ima koji vas tuži, Mojsije, u koga se vi uzdate. 46Jer da ste vjerovali Mojsiju tako biste vjerovali i meni; jer on pisa za mene. 47A kad njegovijem pismima ne vjerujete kako æete vjerovati mojijem rijeèima?

1Potom otide Isus preko mora Galilejskoga kod Tiverijade. 2I za njim iðaše mnoštvo naroda, jer viðahu èudesa njegova koja èinjaše na bolesnicima.

Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)

A devout Christian from his early youth, he was kidnapped from his native Chios and impressed into the army. When he openly confessed himself a Christian, his commander ordered him to make sacrifice to the gods. When he resolutely refused, the commander ordered him to be beaten with iron flails, then had his tongue cut out. But even without a tongue, Isidore was miraculously enabled to speak, and clearly proclaimed the name of Christ. At the same moment, the commander was struck mute. The commander then ordered by signs that Isidore be beheaded. Isidore went to his death rejoicing and praising God. This occurred during the persecutions of the Emperor Decius.

Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)

“ ‘Sindon’ means ‘linen cloth,’ and this saint was called ‘the Sindonite’ because he covered his naked body only with a linen cloth. He carried the Gospels in his hand. Serapion lived like the birds, with no roof and no cares, moving from one place to another. He gave his linen cloth to a poor wretch who was shivering with cold, and himself remained completely naked. When someone asked him: ‘Serapion, who made you naked?’, he indicated the Gospels and said: ‘This!’ But, after that, he gave away the Gospels also for the money needed by a man who was being hounded to prison by a creditor in debt. [note: Gospel books were all hand-written, and were uncommon and valuable.] At one time in Athens, he did not eat for four days, having nothing, and began to cry out with hunger. When the Athenian philosophers asked him what he was shouting about, he replied: ‘There were three to whom I was in debt: two have quietened down, but the third is still tormenting me. The first creditor is carnal lust, who has tormented me from my youth; the second is love of money, and the third is the stomach. The first two have left me alone, but the third one still torments me.’ The philosophers gave him some gold to buy bread. He went to a baker, bought a single loaf, put down all the gold and went out. He went peacefully to the Lord in old age, in the 5th century.” (Prologue)

Blessed Isidore the Fool for Christ (1484)

He was German by birth but, drawn to the Orthodox faith, he moved to Rostov and not only became Orthodox, but took on the podvig of folly for Christ. He lived in complete destitution, spending the days pretending madness and the nights in prayer. Many wonders were performed by this Saint even in his lifetime. When he died in his meager hut in 1484, the people of Rostov smelled a fragrant odor throughout the city. A merchant whom he had miraculously saved from drowning built a church in the place where his hut had stood.