Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul
ApostlesActs 12: 1-3,5 and 25
"About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them. He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword, and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also...Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf...After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission, they returned to Jerusalem."