Thursday Morning Prayers with Fr. Wade 20161013

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BRETHREN, we may no longer be children,

tossed to and fro and carried about

with every wind of doctrine,

by the cunning of men, by their craftiness

in deceitful wiles.

Rather, speaking the truth in love,

we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head,

into Christ, from whom the whole body,

joined and knit together by every joint

with which it is supplied,

when each part is working properly,

makes bodily growth and up builds itself in love.

Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord,

that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do,

in the futility of their minds.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard

of all that was done, and he was perplexed,

because it was said by some that John

had been raised from the dead,

by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others

that one of the old prophets had risen.

Herod said, “John I beheaded;

but who is this about whom I hear such things?”

And he sought to see him.

On their return the apostles told him what they had done.

And he took them and withdrew apart

to a city called Bethsaida.

When the crowds learned it, they followed him;

and he welcomed them and spoke to them

of the kingdom of God,

and cured those who had need of healing.

The Martyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathodorus and Agathonike suffered at Pergamum during the persecution of Decius in the third century.

The governor of the district where the saints lived discovered that Carpus and Papylus did not celebrate the pagan festivals. He ordered that the transgressors be arrested and persuaded to accept the Roman pagan religion. The saints replied that they would never worship false gods. The judge then ordered them to be bound in iron chains and led through the city, and then to be tied to horses and dragged to the nearby city of Sardis.

Agathodorus and Agathonike voluntarily followed after Carpus and Papylus. St Agathonike was choked to death with ox sinews and Sts Carpus, Papylus and Agathodorus were beheaded in Sardis.

During his life St Papylus was known for his gift of curing the sick. Since his martyrdom, he has granted healing to all who pray to him with faith.

Source: https://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/10/13/102953-martyr-carpus-at-pergamum