Saint Mary was the mother of Saint Mark the Evangelist, whose full name was John Mark. She was a wealthy woman who lived in Jerusalem. It was at her house that the Last Supper was held, and the Blessed Sacrament instituted. It was at her house that the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles at the first Pentecost. It was at her house that Our Lady lived, in Jerusalem, until she died in the year 58. It was at her house that Saint Peter, the first Pope, often visited, and to her house he immediately went on his deliverance from prison in Jerusalem, as we are told in the Bible. It is simple to say and to prove that Saint Mary, the mother of Mark, was the greatest hostess in the history of the Catholic Church. Her house after the Last Supper was called “the Cenacle.” Mary, the mother of Saint Mark, was the hostess to Jesus at Jerusalem. Priscilla, the mother of Saint Pudens, was the hostess to Saint Peter in Rome.
The Cenacle, the room of the Last Supper and of Pentecost on Mount Zion. Saint Mary’s house. Photo by Kenneth Hagemeyer.
