This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosary meditation.

Today is the Feast of St. Mark.

He is also known as John Mark.

He accompanied both St Paul and St Peter in their missionary journeys.

He was the writer of the Gospel according to his name, Mark.

Bet you didn't know that.

And he was the first Bishop of Alexandria in Egypt,

where he was martyred.

So let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we promised to pray for.

Papias, a disciple of St. John the Apostle, wrote the testimony of John the Priest who lived with St. John the

Apostle at Ephesus. In his testimony, John the Priest relates that Mark became the interpreter and secretary for Peter,

presumably because Peter did not speak Greek well enough to be easily understood.

Mark therefore stood beside Peter and repeated his

preaching about the life and teaching of Jesus. Mark then wrote down

accurately the teaching of Peter,

very careful not to admit anything or to add anything that was not related by Peter.

In the second century, St. Justin Martyr calls the Gospel of Mark the Memoirs or the Recollections of Peter.

The Church Father, origin, says Mark, did so under the very supervision of Peter. So the Gospel of Mark is really

the Gospel of Peter. So I encourage you to pick up the Gospel of Mark, it's the shortest of the Gospels, and read it, read it by keeping

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