Book of Micah

2,1-5.

Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power.
They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance.
Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am planning against this race an evil from which you shall not withdraw your necks; Nor shall you walk with head high, for it will be a time of evil.
On that day a satire shall be sung over you, and there shall be a plaintive chant: "Our ruin is complete, our fields are portioned out among our captors, The fields of my people are measured out, and no one can get them back!"
Thus you shall have no one to mark out boundaries by lot in the assembly of the LORD.

Psalms

9(9B),1-2.3-4.7-8.14.

Why, O LORD, do you stand aloof?
Why hide in times of distress?
Proudly the wicked harass the afflicted,
who are caught in the devices the wicked have contrived.
For the wicked man glories in his greed,
and the covetous blasphemes, sets the LORD at nought.
The wicked man boasts, "He will not avenge it";
"There is no God," sums up his thoughts.
His mouth is full of cursing, guile and deceit;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.  
He lurks in ambush near the villages;
in hiding he murders the innocent;
his eyes spy upon the unfortunate.
You do see, for you behold misery and sorrow,
taking them in your hands.
On you the unfortunate man depends;
of the fatherless you are the helper.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

12,14-21.

The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many (people) followed him, and he cured them all,
but he warned them not to make him known.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
He will not contend or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory.
And in his name the Gentiles will hope."

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St. Apollinaris(Bishop and Martyr (1st century))

SAINT APOLLINARISBishop and Martyr(1st century) St. Apollinaris was the first bishop of Ravenna. He was consecrated by St. Peter and sat twenty years. He survived persecutions up to the reign of Emperor Vespasian. St. Peter Chrysologus, one of St. Apollinaris' successors, gave us this account of him: "Though he frequently suffered for the Faith and ardently desired to lay down his life for Christ, God preserved Apollinaris a long time and did not allow the persecutors to take his life." Bp. Apollinaris is considered a martyr because he suffered multiple persecutions. Many times, pagans beat and tortured him within an inch of his life. St. Apollinaris' relics were enshrined first in Classis, four miles from Ravenna: a kind of suburb to that city and its seaport. In 549, his relics were moved to a more secret vault in the same church. St. Fortunatus urged his friends to make pilgrimages there, and St. Gregory the Great ordered parties in doubtful suits to be sworn before it. In 630, Pope Honorius built and dedicated a church to St. Apollinaris in Rome. St. Apollinaris is celebrated in all the martyrologies. He is invoked as an intercessor and a help against evil.

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St. Margaret of Antioch(Virgin and Martyr (3rd century))

SAINT MARGARET OF ANTIOCHVirgin and Martyr(3rd century) According to the ancient Martyrologies, St. Margaret suffered in Antioch, Pisidia, during the last general persecution. She was instructed in the Faith by a Christian nurse. St. Margaret was killed by her father, a pagan priest. Her radical choice to follow Jesus Christ motivated the killing. She forgave her enemies and died while praying for them. St. Margaret's veneration was propagated in England, France and Germany. The twelfth century saw an increase in hercult because of Islamic invasions in Edessa and Spain (Surah 9:29, Sahih al-Bukhari 6924, At-Tabari Volume VI). Her relics are kept in Monte-Fiascone, Tuscany, central Italy.

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St. Kunigunde()

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