Monday – St. Justin, Martyr Gospel - Mark 12:1-12 Food for the Soul Mass at Gethsemane We celebrate today the Feast of St. Justin. Born to educated Greek parents in Palestine around 100 AD, he is one of the first Christian writers and provides us with one of the first written accounts of how the Eucharist was celebrated in the First Century. Included below is part of that account. Amazing how things have remained the same! “ Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss. There is then brought to the president of the brethren bread and a cup of wine mixed with water; and he taking them, gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe, through the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and offers thanks at considerable length for our being counted worthy to receive these things at His hands. “And when he has concluded the prayers and thanksgivings, all the people present express their assent by saying Amen. This word Amen answers ...