Preaching Truth

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Apr 25, 2026 · 5m

Today, April 25, as our church celebrates the Feast of Mark, Evangelist, our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the letter of the apostle Paul to the Ephesians (4:1-16), entitled "The various graces for the different ministries in the one body of Christ". Our treasure, which follows, is from the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop.

Saint Mark, a cousin of Barnabas, accompanied Saint Paul, on his first missionary, journey, and later, went with him to Rome. He was a disciple of Saint Peter, whose teaching was the basis for Mark's Gospel, the earliest…