Galatians 2.6-10 (Epistle)

6A za one koji se brojahu da su nešto, kakovi bili da bili, ja ne marim ništa; jer Bog ne gleda ko je ko; jer oni koji se brojahu kao najstariji, meni ništa ne dodaše; 7Nego nasuprot doznavši da je meni povjereno jevanðelje u neobrezanima, kao Petru u obrezanima 8Jer onaj koji pomaže Petru u apostolstvu meðu obrezanima onaj pomaže i meni meðu neznabošcima 9I poznavši blagodat koja je meni dana, Jakov i Kifa i Jovan, koji se brojahu da su stubovi, dadoše desnice meni i Varnavi, i pristadoše da mi propovijedamo u neznabošcima, a oni u obrezanima; 10Samo da se opominjemo siromašnijeh, za koje sam se i starao tako èiniti.

Mark 5.22-24, 35-6.1 (Gospel)

22I gle, doðe jedan od starješina zbornièkijeh po imenu Jair; i vidjevši ga pade pred noge njegove. 23I moljaše ga vrlo govoreæi: kæi je moja na smrti; da doðeš i da metneš na nju ruke da ozdravi i živi. 24I poðe s njim; i za njim iðaše naroda mnogo i turkahu ga. 35Još on govoraše, a doðoše od starješine zbornièkoga govoreæi: kæi tvoja umrije; šta veæ trudiš uèitelja? 36A Isus odmah èuvši rijeè što rekoše reèe starješini: ne boj se, samo vjeruj. 37I ne dade za sobom iæi nikome osim Petra i Jakova i Jovana brata Jakovljeva. 38I doðe u kuæu starješine zbornièkoga, i vidje vrevu i plaè i jauk veliki. 39I ušavši reèe im: šta ste uzavreli te plaèete? Djevojka nije umrla, nego spava. 40I potsmijevahu mu se. A on istjeravši sve uze oca djevojèina i mater i koji bijahu s njim, i uðe gdje ležaše djevojka. 41I uzevši djevojku za ruku reèe joj: Talita kumi, koje znaèi: djevojko, tebi govorim, ustani. 42I odmah usta djevojka i hoðaše; a bješe od dvanaest godina. I zaèudiše se èudom velikijem. 43I zaprijeti im vrlo da niko ne dozna za to, i reèe: podajte joj nek jede.

1I iziðe odande, i doðe na svoju postojbinu; i za njim idoše uèenici njegovi.

Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions of Nicomedia (4th c.)

“Husband and wife, they were both of noble and wealthy families in Nicomedia. Adrian was the governor of the Praetorium and a pagan, and Natalia was a secret Christian. They were both young, and had lived in wedlock for thirteen months in all before their martyrdom. When the wicked Emperor Maximian visited Nicomedia, he ordered that the Christians be seized and put to torture. There were twenty-three Christians hidden in a cave near the city. Someone handed them over to the authorities and they were cruelly flogged with leather whips and staves, and thrown into prison. They were then taken from prison and brought before the Praetor for their names to be noted. Adrian looked a these people, tortured but unbowed, peaceful and meek, and he put them under oath to say what they hoped for from their God, that they should undergo such tortures. They spoke to him of the blessedness of the righteous in the Kingdom of God. Hearing this, and again looking at these people, Adrian suddenly turned to the scribe and said: ‘Write my name along with those of these saints; I also am a Christian.’ When the Emperor heard of this, he asked him: ‘Have you lost your mind?’ Adrian replied: ‘I haven’t lost it, but found it!’ Hearing this, Natalia rejoiced greatly, and, when Adrian sat chained with the others in prison, came and ministered to them all. When they flogged her husband and put him to various tortures, she encouraged him to endure to the end. After long torture and imprisonment, the Emperor ordered that they be taken to the prison anvil, for their arms and legs to be broken with hammers. This was done and Adrian, along with the twenty-three others, breathed his last under the vicious tortures. Natalia took their relics to Constantinople and there buried them. After several days, Adrian appeared to her, bathed in light and beauty and calling her to come to God, and she peacefully gave her soul into her Lord’s hands.” (Prologue)

Our Holy Father Tithoës of the Thebaid (4th c.)

One of the great Egyptian Desert Fathers, he was a disciple of St Pachomius the Great and served as abbot of Tabennisi. Through his years of struggle in prayer, he attained to such purity of heart that whenever he raised his hands in prayer, his spirit was instantly caught up in pure contemplation of God. When one of the brethren asked him what path leads to humility, he answered ‘The path of humility is abstinence, prayer and considering oneself as the least of all creatures.’ He reposed in peace.