Today we remember Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (439-532, A.K.A. Sabas, Savas, of Mar Saba): Saint-link ūnus & Saint-link duo, Wikipedia-link Sierra & Wikipedia-link Mar Saba.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
We also remember Saint Justinian, Priest & Martyr (sixth century), hermit, martyred by his own servants: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
A day late, one of my sources remembered Saint John Damascene, Priest & Doctor of the Church (circa 676-749): Belated Saint-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine '15. The monastery of Mar Saba, founded by St. Sabbas, was also home to St. John Damascene after he left the service of the Umayyad caliph.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eight (verses one thru thirty-four).
Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter twenty-nine, verses seventeen thru twenty-four;
Psalm Twenty-seven, verses one, four, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nine, verse thirty-five thru chapter ten, verse one, five(a), & six thru eight.
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