Philippians 1.27-2.4 (Epistle)

27Samo živite kao što se pristoji jevanðelju Hristovu, da vas vidim kad doðem ili ako vam ne doðem da èujem za vas da stojite u jednome duhu i jednodušno borite se za vjeru jevanðelja, 28I ni u èem da se ne plašite od protivnika; koje je njima znak pogibli a vama spasenija, i to od Boga; 29Jer se vama darova Hrista radi ne samo da ga vjerujete nego i da stradate za nj, 30Imajuæi onu istu borbu kakovu u meni vidjeste i sad èujete za mene.

1Ako ima dakle koje pouèenje u Hristu, ili ako ima koja utjeha ljubavi, ako ima koja zajednica duha, ako ima koje srce žalostivo i milost, 2Ispunite moju radost, da jedno mislite, jednu ljubav imate, jedinodušni i jedinomisleni: 3Ništa ne èinite uz prkos ili za praznu slavu; nego poniznošæu èinite jedan drugoga veæeg od sebe. 4Ne gledajte svaki za svoje, nego i za drugijeh.

Luke 9.12-18 (Gospel)

12A dan stade naginjati. Tada pristupiše dvanaestorica i rekoše mu: otpusti narod, neka idu na konak u okolna sela i palanke, i nek naðu jela, jer smo ovdje u pustinji. 13A on im reèe: podajte im vi neka jedu. A oni rekoše: u nas nema više od pet hljebova i dvije ribe; veæ ako da idemo mi da kupimo na sve ove ljude jela? 14Jer bijaše ljudi oko pet hiljada. Ali on reèe uèenicima svojijem: posadite ih na gomile po pedeset. 15I uèiniše tako, i posadiše ih sve. 16A on uze onijeh pet hljebova i obje ribe, i pogledavši na nebo blagoslovi ih i prelomi, i davaše uèenicima da razdadu narodu. 17I jedoše i nasitiše se svi, i nakupiše komada dvanaest kotarica što im preteèe. 18I kad se jedanput moljaše Bogu nasamo, s njim bijahu uèenici, i zapita ih govoreæi: ko govore ljudi da sam ja?

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.