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Saturday, 25 Spiritual Thought of the Day “The Eucharist is the sacrament of Love; it signifies love, it produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.” St.

Today’s - MK 16:15-20 – Feast of St. Mark appeared to the Eleven and said to them: “Go into the whole world and proclaim to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of . But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.

Reflection on Today’s Feast Day, St.

The winged lion is the symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist. This symbol comes from St. Mark's description of 's voice "crying out in the wilderness" upon hearing the Word of God (:3). His voice is said to have sounded like that of a roaring lion. This lion symbolism also appears in a vision of the Prophet where four winged creatures represent the (:10). St Mark, represented as a lion, is also derived from the prophetic visions contained in the verse Revelations 4:7. The lion is one of the four described in the book as a place around the throne of the Almighty and they are chosen as symbols of the four evangelists. Matthew is depicted as a human, Mark as a lion, Luke as a bull, and John as an eagle. Taken from stmarktampa.org

The Prayer Process - Taken from The Four Signs of a Dynamic 1. Gratitude: Begin by thanking God in a personal dialogue for whatever you are most grateful for today. 2. Awareness: Revisit the times in the past twenty-four hours when you were and were not the-best-version-of-your-self. Talk to God about these situations and what you learned from them. 3. Significant Moments: Identify something you experienced in the last twenty-four hours and explore what God might be trying to say to you through that event (or person). 4. Peace: Ask God to forgive you for any wrong you have committed (against yourself, another person, or Him) and to fill you with a deep and abiding peace. 5. Freedom: Speak with God about how He is inviting you to change your life, so that you can experience the freedom to be the-best-version-of-yourself. 6. Others: Lift up to God anyone you feel called to pray for today, asking God to bless and guide them. 7. Pray the Our Father.