Friends of the Rosary,

Today, April 25, is the Feast of St. Mark, the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel.

He was baptized and instructed by St. Peter, becoming his disciple, secretary, and friend in Rome.

Later, St. Mark accompanied St. Paul and St. Barnabas in their first missionary journey.

His Gospel, written in the year 50 A.D., described the miraculous powers of Christ and was written to Romans, that is, to Western Christianity.

Mark’s Gospel is the "Gospel of Peter," as it was written under the direction and aid of the prince of the apostles.

The Evangelist Mark is represented as a lion, one of the four creatures who worship the Lamb in Revelation 5:6-14, and because he opens his Gospel with the figure of John the Baptist, the “voice crying out in the wilderness”, recalling the roar of the desert beast.

St. Mark preached in Egypt, especially in Alexandria, and was martyred there. His relics were transferred from Alexandria to Venice in 828, where a worthy tomb with the winged lion was erected in St. Mark's Cathedral.

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!

+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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