Hebrews 8.7-13 (Epistle)

7Jer da je onaj prvi bez mane bio, ne bi se drugome tražilo mjesta. 8Jer kudeæi ih govori: evo dani idu, govori Gospod, i naèiniæu s domom Izrailjevijem i s domom Judinijem nov zavjet; 9Ne po zavjetu koji naèinih s ocevima njihovima u onaj dan kad ih uzeh za ruku da ih izvedem iz zemlje Misirske; jer oni ne ostaše u zavjetu mome, i ja ne marih za njih, govori Gospod. 10Jer je ovo zavjet koji æu naèiniti s domom Izrailjevijem poslije onijeh dana, govori Gospod: daæu zakone svoje u misli njihove, i na srcima njihovima napisaæu ih, i biæu im Bog, i oni æe biti meni narod. 11I nijedan neæe uèiti svojega bližnjega, i nijedan brata svojega, govoreæi: poznaj Gospoda; jer æe me svi poznati od maloga do velikoga meðu njima. 12Jer æu biti milostiv nepravdama njihovima, i grijeha njihovijeh i bezakonja njihovijeh neæu više spominjati. 13A kad veli: nov zavjet, prvi naèini vethijem; a što je vetho i ostarjelo, blizu je kraja.

Mark 8.11-21 (Gospel)

11I iziðoše fariseji, i poèeše se prepirati s njim, i kušajuæi ga iskahu od njega znak s neba. 12I uzdahnuvši duhom svojijem reèe: zašto rod ovaj znak traži? Zaista vam kažem: neæe se dati rodu ovome znak. 13I ostavivši ih uljeze opet u laðu, i otide na onu stranu. 14I zaboraviše uèenici njegovi uzeti hljeba, i nemahu sa sobom u laði do jedan hljeb. 15I zapovijedaše im govoreæi: gledajte, èuvajte se kvasca farisejskoga i kvasca Irodova. 16I mišljahu jedan drugome govoreæi: to je što hljeba nemamo. 17I razumjevši Isus reèe im: šta mislite što hljeba nemate? Zar još ne osjeæate, niti razumijete? Zar je još okamenjeno srce vaše? 18Oèi imate i ne vidite? uši imate i ne èujete? I ne pamtite li 19Kad ja pet hljebova prelomih na pet hiljada, koliko kotarica punijeh komada nakupiste? Rekoše mu: dvanaest. 20A kad sedam na èetiri hiljade, koliko punijeh kotarica nakupiste komada? A oni rekoše: sedam. 21I reèe im: kako ne razumijete?

Holy Martyr Tatiana (ca. 230)

She was the daughter of a wealthy Roman consul. She became a deaconess in Rome, and was seized as a Christian during the reign of Alexander Severus. Before the tribunal she fearlessly confessed Christ and, when she was taken to the temple in an effort to force her to make sacrifice, she cast down the idols by the power of her prayer. At this, the soldiers seized her and subjected her to many indignities and tortures, finally throwing her into a raging furnace. When this did not harm her, she was thrown to the wild beasts, but they refused to harm her. At last she was beheaded and thus gained her crown.

Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (689-690)

He came from a noble Northumbrian family in Britain, and was tonsured a monk in 653 at Lerins in Gaul. In 669 he was made Abbot of the Monastery of Saints Peter and Paul in Canterbury. He traveled to Rome in 671 to be instructed in monastic practice according to the Rule of Saint Benedict (of Nursia). Returning to Northumbria he established two new monasteries, the first to follow St Benedict’s Rule in the British Isles. He went to Rome once again in 678-679, this time bringing back the archcantor of St Peter’s, who taught the monks of St Benedict’s monasteries the chant and liturgical practices used in Rome.

Under the holy abbot’s guidance, these monasteries became flourishing centers of Christian worship, scholarship and art. The Venerable Bede (May 26) was one of his disciples. Saint Benedict reposed in peace in 689 or 690, having greatly strengthened the Church and the Christian faith in Britain.