Today: Saint Mark the Evangelist

Almighty God, who by the hand of Mark the evangelist have given to your Church the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God: We thank you for this witness, and pray that we may be firmly grounded in its truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

To learn more about the "first Gospel," written by the one whom have come to call Mark, visit L. Michael White's The Gospel of Mark: A Story of Secrecy and Misunderstanding in The Story of the Storytellers. Image Source.