1 Corinthians 10.28-11.7 (Epistle)

28Ako li vam pak ko reèe: ovo je idolska žrtva, ne jedite radi onoga koji vam kaže, i radi savjesti; jer je Gospodnja zemlja i što je na njoj. 29Ali ne govorim za savjest tvoju, nego drugoga; jer zašto da moju slobodu sudi savjest drugoga? 30Ako ja s blagodaæu uživam, zašto da se huli na mene za ono za što ja zahvaljujem? 31Ako dakle jedete, ako li pijete, ako li što drugo èinite, sve na slavu Božiju èinite. 32Ne budite na sablazan ni Jevrejima, ni Grcima, ni crkvi Božijoj, 33Kao što i ja u svaèemu svima ugaðam, ne tražeæi svoje koristi nego mnogijeh, da se spasu.

1Ugledajte se na mene, kao i ja na Hrista. 2Hvalim vas pak, braæo, što sve moje pamtite i držite zapovijesti kao što vam predadoh. 3Ali hoæu da znate da je svakome mužu glava Hristos; a muž je glava ženi; a Bog je glava Hristu. 4Svaki muž koji se s pokrivenom glavom moli Bogu ili prorokuje, sramoti glavu svoju. 5I svaka žena koja se gologlava moli Bogu ili prorokuje, sramoti glavu svoju; jer je sve jedno kao da je obrijana. 6Ako se dakle ne pokriva žena, neka se striže; ako li je ružno ženi striæi se ili brijati se, neka se pokriva. 7Ali muž da ne pokriva glave, jer je oblièje i slava Božija; a žena je slava muževlja.

Matthew 16.24-28 (Gospel)

24Tada Isus reèe uèenicima svojijem: ako ko hoæe za mnom iæi, neka se odreèe sebe, i uzme krst svoj i ide za mnom. 25Jer ko hoæe svoju dušu da saèuva, izgubiæe je; a ako ko izgubi dušu svoju mene radi, naæi æe je. 26Jer kakva je korist èovjeku ako sav svijet dobije a duši svojoj naudi? ili kakav æe otkup dati èovjek za svoju dušu? 27Jer æe doæi sin èovjeèij u slavi oca svojega s anðelima svojijem, i tada æe se vratiti svakome po djelima njegovijem. 28Zaisto vam kažem: imaju neki meðu ovima što stoje ovdje koji neæe okusiti smrti dok ne vide sina èovjeèijega gdje ide u carstvu svojemu.

Holy Martyr Emilian (362)

He was from the town of Dorostolon in Thrace and during the reign of Julian the Apostate became a servant of the governor in that region. Before the time of his martyrdom he was a secret Christian. An imperial legate arrived in the town with orders to seize all Christians, but failed to find any; to show his pleasure he ordered a great feast for the whole town, complete with sacrifices to the pagan gods. On the night before the appointed feast, Emilian went around the town and smashed all the idols with a hammer. The following day there was an uproar, and an innocent villager was seized and charged with the crime. Emilian, seeing this, said to himself ‘If I conceal my action, what sort of use has it been? Shall I not stand before God as the slayer of an innocent man?’ So he presented himself to the legate and confessed what he had done. When the furious official asked Emilian on whose orders he had acted, Emilian replied ‘God and my soul commanded me to destroy those dead pillars that you call gods.’ As punishment, Emilian was subjected to many tortures and finally burned alive.

St Pambo, hermit of Egypt (374? 386?)

Abba Pambo was a contemporary of St Anthony the Great and one of the greatest of the Desert Fathers. He would only eat bread which he had earned by his own labors, plaiting baskets and mats out of reeds. In his later years, he became in appearance like an angel of God: his face shone so that the monks could not look on it. Through long ascetic labor, he was enabled to control his tongue so that no unnecessary word ever passed his lips. He never gave an immediate answer to even the simplest question, but always prayed and pondered on the question first. Once, when Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, was visiting the monks, they begged Abba Pambo to give the Patriarch a word. He answered: ‘If my silence is no help to him, neither will my words be.’ He reposed in peace, some say in 374, others in 386.