Saint Barnabas, Apostle

Photo of a baby snail riding an full-grown snail with text overlay of the couplet: "Spirit-filled Barnabas vouched for Paul, / Mentored John Mark and nurtured his call."
“Saint Barnabas, Apostle”
©️2022 Gloria M. Chang

Champion of Paul

One of the best-loved characteristics of St. Barnabas is his gift of drawing out the God-given potential in others. Named Joseph at birth, the Levite from Cyprus became known as “Barnabas,” which means “son of encouragement” or “son of consolation” (Acts 4:36). … Read the rest