ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO
“The church that is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greeting, as does Mark my son.” –1 Peter 5:13 Listen to the Mass Readings During the Easter season, the Church presents to us a gallery of resurrection-witnesses. We see Mary Magdalene, Thomas, Stephen, Philip, Peter, and now Mark. Each of these people were in the tomb of sin but miraculously rose from the dead into the risen light. We know (John) Mark was a dropout, someone manipulated by fear rather than walking by faith. He left Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:13). Although Paul refused to let him...