St. Mark, Evangelist

The oldest Christian tradition assocaited with this day is the singing of the litany in procession through the countryside to keep mildew from affecting the wheat harvest.  There was a relic of this agricultural concern in the Gospel previoiusly appointed for this day (John 15:1-11) which told of the vine and the vinedresser.

Morning Psalms: Psalm 47; 147:12–20
Scripture Readings: Jeremiah 31:1–14;  Colossians 2:8–23;  Luke 6:39–49
STM Prayer Cycle: The Mennonite Church, their students in our midst and Marilyn Stahl. Their liturgical consultant; Marilyn Stahl, their Liturgical Consultant; the Liturgical Spirituality class taught by Paul Janowiak; Eliacin Rosario-Cruz,  Graduate assistant