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6Koji razlikuje dane, Gospodu razlikuje; i koji ne razlikuje dana, Gospodu ne razlikuje. Koji jede, Gospodu jede: jer hvali Boga; i koji ne jede, Gospodu ne jede, i hvali Boga. 7Jer nijedan od nas ne živi sebi, i nijedan ne umire sebi. 8Jer ako živimo, Gospodu živimo; a ako umiremo, Gospodu umiremo. Ako dakle živimo, ako umiremo, Gospodnji smo. 9Jer zato Hristos i umrije i vaskrse i oživlje da oblada i mrtvima i živima.
32A Isus dozvavši uèenike svoje reèe: žao mi je ovoga naroda, jer veæ tri dana stoje kod mene i nemaju šta jesti; a nijesam ih rad otpustiti gladne da ne oslabe na putu. 33I rekoše mu uèenici njegovi: otkuda nam u pustinji toliki hljeb da se nasiti toliki narod? 34I reèe im Isus: koliko hljebova imate? A oni rekoše: sedam, i malo ribice. 35I zapovjedi narodu da posjedaju po zemlji. 36I uzevši onijeh sedam hljebova i ribe, i davši hvalu, prelomi, i dade uèenicima svojijem, a uèenici narodu. 37I jedoše svi, i nasitiše se; i nakupiše komada što preteèe sedam kotarica punijeh. 38A onijeh što su jeli bijaše èetiri hiljade ljudi, osim žena i djece. 39I otpustivši narod uðe u laðu, i doðe u okoline Magdalske.
He was by birth a Jew from Edessa; it was he who instructed king Avgar in the Faith and baptised him (see August 16). According to Eusebius he is not the Thaddeus who was one of the Twelve (Mt 10:3), but was one of the Seventy. After Christ’s Resurrection, he preached the Gospel in Mesopotamia and ended his life in martyrdom.
“Bassa was the wife of a pagan priest, but she was secretly a Christian and brought her sons up in a Christian spirit. Her husband hated her for her faith, and handed her over to the judge for torture, together with her sons. After harsh torture, her sons were beheaded (it is thought, in Edessa in Macedonia). Bassa was filled with joy to see her sons thus gloriously finish their martyr’s course for Christ, and herself went with yet greater desire from torture to torture. When she was thrown into the sea, angels appeared to her and took her to an island in the Sea of Marmara, where she was slain with the sword under Maximian. Thus holy Bassa was in a twofold manner made worthy of the Kingdom of Christ: as a martyr and as the mother of martyrs.” (Prologue)
They are also commemorated on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, before Nativity.