The Epistle first describes the interior life of faith, hope and charity in the souls of the first lay converts to Christ, and then proceeds to describe their Christian Action in propagating the Faith, so that they “were a pattern” to all, and their neighbours ‘in Macedonia and Achaia” like “birds of the air” came and “dwelt in the branches” of the Church.
November 14th is the Feast of St. Josaphat E., M., Ruthenian Rite, a Basilian monk, who made it his life’s work to bring the Orthodox back to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, but was martyred by the schismatics in 1623. He is one of the Patrons of Poland. Although not commemorated today under the newer rubrics of the Mass, pray to the Saint for courage to uphold the teachings of the Church against modern age schismatics and heretics.
In England and Wales today, it is permitted to offer one Mass of Requiem (on the anniversary) for the war dead as it is Remembrance Sunday.