Fr. Mike Schmitz

but these apostles who are sent out who are no longer servants, but are friends who then get sent out into the world to not just bear witness to his miracles, not just bear witness to his resurrection, but bear witness to the one they know, the one they're in relationship with. And yeah, that makes sense.

You have to, as you said, we just finished the book of Ecclesiastes and there's a season for everything. And this was not the season to be revealed. Yet there's a yet time for growth.

You have to, as you said, we just finished the book of Ecclesiastes and there's a season for everything. And this was not the season to be revealed. Yet there's a yet time for growth.

You have to, as you said, we just finished the book of Ecclesiastes and there's a season for everything. And this was not the season to be revealed. Yet there's a yet time for growth.

Just as a sidebar, asterisk. Just a sidebar. Quick, one thing about the authorship of Mark's gospel. Here's Mark, who I think I've come across many people who have said that it is highly likely that as Mark and Peter were close, Mark had traveled with Paul and Barnabas and that whole story, how that story went down. But then Mark and Peter were close that this would be Peter's gospel via Mark.

Just as a sidebar, asterisk. Just a sidebar. Quick, one thing about the authorship of Mark's gospel. Here's Mark, who I think I've come across many people who have said that it is highly likely that as Mark and Peter were close, Mark had traveled with Paul and Barnabas and that whole story, how that story went down. But then Mark and Peter were close that this would be Peter's gospel via Mark.

Just as a sidebar, asterisk. Just a sidebar. Quick, one thing about the authorship of Mark's gospel. Here's Mark, who I think I've come across many people who have said that it is highly likely that as Mark and Peter were close, Mark had traveled with Paul and Barnabas and that whole story, how that story went down. But then Mark and Peter were close that this would be Peter's gospel via Mark.

Is that important? Is that unique to highlight? Or is that kind of like just a fact or a piece of trivia?

Is that important? Is that unique to highlight? Or is that kind of like just a fact or a piece of trivia?

Is that important? Is that unique to highlight? Or is that kind of like just a fact or a piece of trivia?

Yeah, it's only 16 chapters.

Yeah, it's only 16 chapters.

Yeah, it's only 16 chapters.

You guys don't know.

You guys don't know.

You guys don't know.

Yeah, that's so good, because especially how action packed Mark's gospel is that it's Jesus is going from one thing to the next thing to the next thing. And there's revealing. Here's the actions of the Savior. Here's the actions of the Messiah. As you noted, the first half of the identity of the Messiah, then here's the mission of the Messiah.

Yeah, that's so good, because especially how action packed Mark's gospel is that it's Jesus is going from one thing to the next thing to the next thing. And there's revealing. Here's the actions of the Savior. Here's the actions of the Messiah. As you noted, the first half of the identity of the Messiah, then here's the mission of the Messiah.

Yeah, that's so good, because especially how action packed Mark's gospel is that it's Jesus is going from one thing to the next thing to the next thing. And there's revealing. Here's the actions of the Savior. Here's the actions of the Messiah. As you noted, the first half of the identity of the Messiah, then here's the mission of the Messiah.

And it seems like, gosh, I don't even know what the percentages of Mark's gospel that is revealed. The percentage of time Mark spends on the crucifixion, or at least the last 24 hours, essentially, of Jesus' life, vastly outweighs, proportionally, the other three Gospels, as well as even just the, almost like the resurrection's a footnote, but it's not, obviously.