Saint Barnabas was one of the Seventy Apostles and the companion of the Apostle Paul on some of his missionary voyages. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas (“son of consolation”) because he was gifted at comforting people’s souls. He lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem.
He persuaded the community there to accept Paul as a disciple, was sent to Antioch, Syria, to look into the community there, and brought Paul there from Tarsus. With Paul he brought Antioch’s donation to the Jerusalem community during a famine, and returned to Antioch with John Mark, his cousin. The three went on a missionary journey to Cyprus, Perga (when John Mark went to Jerusalem), and Antioch in Pisidia, where they were so violently opposed by the Jews that they decided to preach to the pagans.
Then they went on to Iconium and Lystra in Lycaonia, where they were first acclaimed gods and then stoned out of the city, and then returned to Antioch in Syria. When a dispute arose regarding the observance of the Jewish rites, Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, where, at a council, it was decided that pagans did not have to be circumcised to be baptized.
On their return to Antioch, Barnabas wanted to take John Mark on another visitation to the cities where they had preached, but Paul objected because of John Mark’s desertion of them in Perga. Paul and Barnabas parted, and Barnabas returned to Cyprus with Mark; nothing further is heard of him, though it is believed his rift with Paul was ultimately healed.
Tradition has Barnabas preaching in Alexandria and Rome, the founder of the Cypriote Church, and has him stoned to death at Salamis about the year 61. His feast day is June 11.
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Saint Barnabas, pray for us!
St. Barnabas, pray for all brothers, priests and sisters.
SAINT. BARNABAS,,,,,,,WE. NEED. YOU. MORE. THAN. EVER,,,,,,BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAY. FOR. THIS. WORLD ………..
HUMAN. BEINGS. ARE. AT. THEIR. WORST,,,,,,!!!!!!!!THEY….HARM….AND…MURDER…..THE….UNBORN !!!!!!!!!!
THEIR…………CONCERNS….FOR….OTHERS…..IS……VOID …….NONEXISTENT…!!!!!!!!!
GOD. IN. HEAVEN,,,,,,,,,,,CHANGE,,,,,,THIS,,, WORLD…!!!!!!!!!!
SEND.. UNTO…US…….ANGELS. OF. CONSCIENCE…….!!!!!!!!!!
Saint Barnabas, you so desirous to serve the Apostoles… help us give our wholly hearted support for the Church.
Saint Barnabas pray for us amen.
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