St. Mark Patron Saint

St. Mark who wrote the second book of the New Testament and traveled with Jesus as an Apostle is the patron saint of:

* Against impenitence
* Attorneys
* Barristers
* Captives
* Glaziers
* Insect bites
* Lawyers
* Lions
* Notaries
* Prisoners
* Scrofulous diseases

Many Catholics who have St. Mark as a patron saint recite prayers to St. Mark asking for his intercession in strengthening their faith and helping them spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. They wear a St. Mark medal or a St. Mark pendant as a reminder to be evangelists just as St. Mark the evangelist in their everyday lives. They use St. Mark as an example of a true Christian even when suffering the pain of martyrdom.

Prayer to St. Mark

O Glorious St. Mark, through the grace of God our Father, you became a great Evangelist, preaching the Good News of Christ. May you help us to know Him well so that we may faithfully live our lives as followers of Christ. Amen.

St. Mark Prayer

O Almighty God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrines of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer to St. Mark (from the Coptic Orthodox Church)

"You Mark the Evangelist, the Apostle and Martyr. Who witnessed to the suffering of our Lord Christ. You came to our land and taught us the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. You fed us the food of life which came from heaven. All the nations of the earth, were blessed by you. Your sayings reached all the countries of the world. .. Hail to you O Martyr, Hail to the Apostle. Hail to the Evangelist, Mark the Beholder of the Divine. Intercede in our behalf, O Mark the Evangelist, and the Apostle, so the Lord may forgive us our sins." (St. Mark Doxology)