Prayer of the Day

Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist

April 25th, 2016

Here Jesus appears to the eleven and upbraids them for their lack of faith.  He, Himself,  has not lost faith in them.  He entrusts them with His own mission.  I presume they felt very inadequate but finally with the help of the Holy Spirit they will get the courage to go into the whole world to preach the Good News.

Today is the feast of St. Mark,  who was closely connected with the preaching of Ss. Peter,  Paul and Barnabas.  His Gospel was probably written at Rome when he was with Paul,  and is traditionally viewed as representing St. Peter’s approach to the preaching of the Good News.  His symbol is a winged lion.