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May
3Saints of the Day
May
3
Saints of the Day
Disciple of Saint
John the Baptist.
Apostle of Jesus. Brought Saint
Nathanael to Christ, the “one about whom Moses wrote” (John 1:45).
On one occasion, when Jesus saw the great multitude following
him and wanted to give them food, he asked Philip where they should buy bread
for the people to eat. St. John comments, “[Jesus] said this to test him,
because he himself knew what he was going to do” (John 6:6). Philip answered,
“Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to
have a little [bit]” (John 6:7).
In the Sermon of the Last Supper, Philip said, “Master,
show us the Father, and that will be enough for us” (John 14:8). Enough!
Jesus answered, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not
know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John
14:9).
Preached
in
Greece
and
Asia Minor.
Martyr.
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Apostle of Jesus. Cousin of Jesus. Brother of Saint
Jude Thaddeus. One of the first to have visions of the risen Christ in Luke
24.
James, the son of Alphaeus and Mary, is named in the same
lists of Apostles in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and in Acts 1:13 is one of the
other apostles in the Upper Room in Jerusalem after Christ's Ascension. James is
mentioned as one of the "brothers" (parthenos) of the Lord (Matt. 13:55;
Mark 6:3) with Joseph, Simon, and Jude and is called the "brother of the Lord"
(most likely meaning a first cousin) in Galatians 1:19. It was to James that
Peter wanted the news of his miraculous escape transmitted (Acts 12:17), and
James seems to have been regarded as the head of the primitive Church of
Jerusalem. He was the one who suggested that only four Jewish practices be
imposed on Gentile Christians (Acts 15:13-21), beginning this statement with the
words, "It seems good to the Holy Spirit and to us. . . ." Paul reported to him
and sought his approval several times.
Some claim we know nothing of
this man but his name, and of course the fact that Jesus chose him to be one of
the 12 pillars of the New Israel, his Church. He is not the James of Acts, son
of Clopas, “brother” of Jesus and later bishop of Jerusalem and the traditional
author of the Letter of James. James, son of Alphaeus, is also known as James
the Lesser to avoid confusing him with James the son of Zebedee, also an apostle
and known as James the Greater.
Having been beaten to death, a club almost immediately became
his symbol. This led to his patronage of
fullers
and
pharmacists,
both of whom use clubs in their professions.
He is reported to have spent so much time in prayer that his
knees thickened, and looked like a camel's. Soon after the
Crucifixion,
James said he would fast until Christ returned; the resurrected Jesus appeared
to him, and fixed a meal Himself.
Saints of May 3:
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0503.htm
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