Scripture Readings
John 21.15-25
(11th Matins Gospel)
15A kad objedovaše, reèe Isus Simonu Petru: Simone Jonin! ljubiš li me veæma nego ovi? Reèe mu: da, Gospode! ti znaš da te ljubim. Reèe mu Isus: pasi jaganjce moje.
16Reèe mu opet drugom: Simone Jonin! ljubiš li me? Reèe mu: da, Gospode! ti znaš da te ljubim. Reèe mu Isus: pasi ovce moje.
17Reèe mu treæom: Simone Jonin! ljubiš li me? A Petar posta žalostan što mu reèe treæom: ljubiš li me? i reèe mu: Gospode! ti sve znaš, ti znaš da te ljubim. Reèe mu Isus: pasi ovce moje.
18Zaista, zaista ti kažem: kad si bio mlad, opasivao si se sam i hodio si kuda si htio; a kad ostariš, širiæeš ruke svoje i drugi æe te opasati i odvesti kuda neæeš.
19A ovo reèe pokazujuæi kakom æe smrti proslaviti Boga. I rekavši ovo reèe mu: hajde za mnom.
20A Petar obazrevši se vidje gdje za njim ide onaj uèenik koga Isus ljubljaše, koji i na veèeri leže na prsi njegove i reèe: Gospode! ko je taj koji æe te izdati?
21Vidjevši Petar ovoga reèe Isusu: Gospode! a šta æe ovaj?
22Isus mu reèe: ako hoæu da on ostane dok ja ne doðem, šta je tebi do toga? Ti hajde za mnom.
23Onda iziðe ova rijeè meðu braæom da onaj uèenik neæe umrijeti; ali Isus ne reèe njemu da neæe umrijeti, nego: ako hoæu da ostane dok ja ne doðem, što je tebi do toga?
24Ovo je onaj uèenik koji svjedoèi za ovo, koji i napisa ovo: i znamo da je svjedoèanstvo njegovo istinito.
25A ima i drugo mnogo što uèini Isus, koje kad bi se redom popisalo, ni u sami svijet, mislim, ne bi mogle stati napisane knjige. Amin.
1 Corinthians 9.2-12 (Epistle)
2Ako drugima i nijesam apostol, ali vama jesam, jer ste vi peèat mojega apostolstva u Gospodu.
3Moj odgovor onima koji me uspitaju ovo je:
4Eda li nemamo vlasti jesti i piti?
5Eda li nemamo vlasti sestru ženu voditi, kao i ostali apostoli, i braæa Gospodnja, i Kifa?
6Ili jedan ja i Varnava nemamo vlasti ovo èiniti?
7Ko vojuje kad o svome trošku? Ili ko sadi vinograd i od rodova njegovijeh da ne jede? Ili ko pase stado i od mlijeka stada da ne jede?
8Eda li ovo govorim po èovjeku? Ne govori li ovo i zakon?
9Jer je u Mojsijevu zakonu napisano: da ne zavežeš usta volu koji vrše. Eda li se Bog brine za volove?
10Ili govori jamaèno za nas? Jer se za nas napisa: koji ore treba u nadanju da ore; i koji vrše u nadanju da æe dobiti od onoga što vrše.
11Kada mi vama duhovna sijasmo, je li to što veliko ako mi vama tjelesna požnjemo?
12Kad se drugi miješaju u vašu vlast, akamoli da ne bi mi? Ali ne uèinismo po vlasti ovoj nego sve trpimo da ne uèinimo kake smetnje jevanðelju Hristovu.
Matthew 18.23-35 (Gospel)
23Zato je carstvo nebesko kao èovjek car koji namisli da se proraèuni sa svojijem slugama.
24I kad se poèe raèuniti, dovedoše mu jednoga dužnika od deset hiljada talanata.
25I buduæi da nemaše èim platiti, zapovjedi gospodar njegov da ga prodadu, i ženu njegovu i djecu, i sve što ima; i da mu se plati.
26No sluga taj pade i klanjaše mu se govoreæi: gospodaru! prièekaj me, i sve æu ti platiti.
27A gospodaru se sažali za tijem slugom, pusti ga i dug oprosti mu.
28A kad iziðe sluga taj, naðe jednoga od svojijeh drugara koji mu je dužan sto groša, i uhvativši ga davljaše govoreæi: daj mi što si dužan.
29Pade drugar njegov pred noge njegove i moljaše ga govoreæi: prièekaj me, i sve æu ti platiti.
30A on ne htje, nego ga odvede i baci u tamnicu dok ne plati duga.
31Vidjevši pak drugari njegovi taj dogaðaj žao im bi vrlo, i otišavši kazaše gospodaru svojemu sav dogaðaj.
32Tada ga dozva gospodar njegov, i reèe mu: zli slugo! sav dug onaj oprostih tebi, jer si me molio.
33Nije li trebalo da se i ti smiluješ na svog drugara, kao i ja na te što se smilovah?
34I razgnjevi se gospodar njegov, i predade ga muèiteljima dok ne plati sav dug svoj.
35Tako æe i otac moj nebeski uèiniti vama, ako ne oprostite svaki bratu svojemu od srca svojijeh.
Commemorations
Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) and two disciples
“Born a pagan in Persia in the time of the Emperor Constantine, he came to know the Christian faith as a young man, forsook his paganism and received baptism. He was so enchanted with the true Faith that he left all worldly things and became a monk in a monastery near the town of Nisibis. He lived among the brethren for some time, then withdrew into silence, going to Archimandrite Urbel […]. Urbel made him a deacon, but, when he wanted to make him a priest, Dometius fled to a distant mountain and settled in a cave there. He attained such perfection through fasting, prayer, vigils and meditation that he was able to heal the sick. When Julian the Apostate came to that place, he heard of Dometius and sent men to wall him up alive in the cave, with two of his disciples. Thus died this saint of God, in 363, and went to the Kingdom of God.” (Prologue). The Great Horologion says that Dometius and his disciples were stoned to death.
Holy Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator (260)
Marinus was a soldier in the Roman army, serving in Caesarea in Palestine. During a persecution under the Emperor Gallienus, he was arrested and beheaded for his Christian faith. The senator Asterius, also a Christian, was present at his execution. Asterius took off his senatorial toga, wrapped the martyr’s body in it, and carried the holy body away to bury it. For this he too was beheaded.
Our Holy Father Or (Horus) of the Thebaid (390)
He was a native of Egypt; his name is that of one of the Egyptian gods. He fled to the desert to live as a hermit, but after many years he became a well-known spiritual guide and founded several monastic communities. A first-hand account of him, by Rufinus, says ‘In appearance he is like an angel of God; an old man of ninety with a long snow-white beard. The impression left by his presence is delightful. His gaze is imbued with more-than-human radiance.’ He received communion every day. So detached was he from the world that his disciples once had to remind him that Pascha had come. Hearing this, he went outside, raised his hands to heaven and prayed without ceasing for three days. When he had done he said to his disciples ‘This is the monk’s celebration of Pascha: the lifting up of the mind to unity with God.’ He reposed in peace at a great age.
Our Holy Father Pimen the Much-Ailing (1110)
“He was sickly from his youth, and from his youth desired monasticism. Brought to the Monastery of the Caves for healing, he remained there till his death. He prayed more for sickness than for health. One night, angels appeared to him and tonsured him as a monk, telling him at the same time that he would be sick until his death, and would be healed at that moment. And so it was; he lay sick for twenty years, working wonders even during his lifetime and being possessed of a rare gift of discernment. At the time of his death, he got up from his bed completely healed, immediately prepared his grave and entered into rest in the Lord, in the year 1110.” (Prologue)