Romans 5.10-16 (Epistle)

10Jer kad smo se pomirili s Bogom smræu sina njegova dok smo još bili neprijatelji, mnogo æemo se veæma spasti u životu njegovu kad smo se pomirili. 11Ne samo pak to, nego se hvalimo i Bogom kroz Gospoda svojega Isusa Hrista, kroz kojega sad primismo pomirenje. 12Zato kao što kroz jednoga èovjeka doðe na svijet grijeh, i kroz grijeh smrt, i tako smrt uðe u sve ljude, jer svi sagriješiše. 13Jer grijeh bješe na svijetu do zakona; ali se grijeh ne primaše kad ne bješe zakona; 14Nego carova smrt od Adama tja do Mojsija i nad onima koji nijesu sagriješili prestupivši kao Adam, koji je prilika onoga koji šæadijaše doæi. 15Ali dar nije tako kao grijeh; jer kad kroz grijeh jednoga pomriješe mnogi, mnogo se veæa blagodat Božija i dar izli izobilno na mnoge blagodaæu jednoga èovjeka Isusa Hrista. 16I dar nije kao grijeh jednoga: jer za grijeh jednoga bi osuðenje, a dar od mnogijeh grijehova opravdanje.

Matthew 8.23-27 (Gospel)

23I kad uðe u laðu, za njim uðoše uèenici njegovi. 24I gle, oluja velika postade na moru da se laða pokri valovima; a on spavaše. 25I prikuèivši se uèenici njegovi probudiše ga govoreæi: Gospode! izbavi nas, izgibosmo. 26I reèe im: zašto ste strašljivi, malovjerni? Tada ustavši zaprijeti vjetrovima i moru, i postade tišina velika. 27A ljudi èudiše se govoreæi: ko je ovaj da ga slušaju i vjetrovi i more?

Martyr Leontius, and with him Martyrs Hypatius and Theodoulos, at Tripoli in Syria (73)

An honored Roman commander in Tripoli of Phoenicia, he was described as being ‘of great physical stature, powerful, strong and bold in battle’. When it was learned that he was a Christian and had given grain to the poor from the imperial storehouse, the governor Hadrian, a great persecutor of Christians, sent Hypatius, a military commander, and Theodoulus, a soldier, along with some others to arrest him. On the way Hypatius fell gravely ill with a fever, and the company had to delay its mission. One night an angel of the Lord appeared to Hypatius and said, ‘If you desire to be healed, you and your soldiers must cry to heaven three times: “O God of Leontius, help me!”’. Hypatius told his comrades of his vision, and when they all cried out as instructed Hypatius was instantly healed. Hypatius and Theodoulos then went on ahead of the other soldiers and found Leontius. Leontius received them hospitably and offered them refreshment. As they rested in his house, he proclaimed his faith in Christ and their hearts began to burn within them. While Leontius was still speaking, a bright cloud descended upon the two soldiers and shed dew on them while Leontius said ‘In the name of the All-holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.’ Thus were they baptized by the Holy Spirit Himself.

When the cruel Hadrian discovered this, he had the two soldiers beaten fiercely, then beheaded; he then subjected Leontius to the cruelest tortures, under which he finally died, unwavering in his faith. This was during the reign of Vespasian.