These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

Saint Mark, Evangelist, April 25

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. (Mk 1:1-11)
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All four gospels are anonymous. The names in the titles were added later by the church. The Gospel According to Mark is one of the oldest. We know that “Matthew” and “Luke” had a copy of “Mark” in front of them when they wrote their gospels. So what we celebrate today is not so much a person (because we really don’t know who wrote this gospel), but rather the gospel that person wrote. It is unfortunate that for the feast of the gospel the lectionary-makers chose a passage that is definitely NOT from the hand of the gospel writer we call “Mark.” The passage in the lectionary for today is an addition to the gospel added much later by the church to make the Marcan gospel harmonize with the other gospels. We continue to pray for Ukraine.