Saint of the Month
Saint Mark (martyred 68 AD) Feast Day: April 25 In 41 AD, Herod Agrippa I, king of Judea had James, the son of Zebedee, killed. He also had Peter arrested, but Peter was miraculously saved by angels and escaped (Acts 12:1–19). Peter then went to Antioch, through Asia Minor and arrived in Rome in the second year of Emperor Claudius. Along the way, Peter met Mark and took him as travel companion and interpreter. Mark wrote down the sermons of…