This is a description of Barnabas in the Book of Acts: ‘He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith’ – very much the ‘son of consolation’, as his name implies. It seems that wherever he went, he spread the oil of mercy, bringing many to the Lord.

May he pray for us, that we too may be ‘full of the Holy Spirit and of faith’, and may God bless you this day.