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From: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Christ's Resurrection and His Appearances
From: John 14:6-14
Jesus Reveals the Father (Continuation)
Just found this quote:
"It is not enough to discover Christ--you must bring Him to others!
The world today is one great mission land, even in countries of
long-standing Christian tradition." (Pope John Paul II)
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Saints Philip and James, Apostles (Feast) |
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May 03, 2005 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Feast of Sts. Philip and James, apostles Old Calendar: Finding of the Holy Cross; Saints Alexander I, pope; Eventius and Theodulus, martyrs and Juvenal, bishop and confessor
Before the reform of the General Roman Calendar the Feast of Sts. Philip and James was celebrated on May 11 and the Finding of the Holy Cross and the commemoration of Sts. Alexander I, Eventius and Theodulus and St. Juvenal were celebrated. None of these feasts remain on the calendar in the United States.
St. Philip ![]() Patron: Hatters; Luxembourg; pastry chefs; Uruguay. Symbols: Elderly bearded man holding a basket of loaves and a cross which is often t-shaped; elderly man casting a devil from the idol of Mars; elderly man crucified on a tall cross; elderly man holding loaves and fishes; elderly man with a dragon nearby; elderly man with a loaf and book; elderly man with a snake nearby; loaves of bread; man baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch; man holding a book or scroll reading descendit ad inferna; tall cross; with Saint Andrew.
St. James the Less ![]() Patron: Apothecaries, druggists, dying people, fullers, hatmakers, hatters, milliners, pharmacists, Uruguay. Symbols: Fuller's club; man holding a book. Things to Do:
The Finding of the Holy Cross ![]() St. Helena divided the precious wood in three. One part was deposited in Rome in the church of Holy Cross in Jerusalem. The second in Constantinople and the third in Jerusalem. This last relic having been carried off by the Persians and recovered by Heraclius, this emperor solemnly brought it back to Jerusalem on May 3rd, 628. Saint Andrew Daily Missal
Sts. Alexander I , Eventius and Theodulus ![]() Symbols: With his chest pierced with nails or spikes.
St. Juvenal ![]() |
May 3, 2005
![]() Sts. Philip and James
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James, Son of Alphaeus: 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. Like the other apostles, Philip took a long time coming to realize who Jesus was. 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). Johns story is not a put-down of Philip. It was simply necessary for these men who were to be the foundation stones of the Church to see the clear distinction between humanitys total helplessness apart from God and the human ability to be a bearer of divine power by Gods gift. On another occasion, we can almost hear the exasperation in Jesus voice. After Thomas had complained that they did not know where Jesus was going, Jesus said, I am the way...If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him (John 14:6a, 7). Then 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 14:9a). Possibly because Philip bore a Greek name or because he was thought to be close to Jesus, some Gentile proselytes came to him and asked him to introduce them to Jesus. Philip went to Andrew, and Andrew went to Jesus. Jesus reply in Johns Gospel is indirect; Jesus says that now his hour has come, that in a short time he will give his life for Jew and Gentile alike. Quote:
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1 Cor 15:1-8; Jn 14:6-14 There's something of the policeman in most of us. Perhaps it comes from being given so many rules as children and so many little "talks" from parents, teachers, and others about the importance of keeping those rules. The fact is, of course, that laws and rules can be liberating. They can make life more safe and more secure, and they can free us from having to think much about lots of ordinary things. But they can also be spirit-killers. That was the case in the first generation of Christians, when converts from paganism to Christianity were also required to observe all the religious rules and regulations of orthodox Jews as well. It was a huge burden, under which most of Jesus' contemporaries had been spiritually crushed or had simply given up. And it was so unnecessary, so utterly beside the point of Jesus' teaching, which was to bond to the Lord and to one's neighbors in self-giving love to love as one wants to be loved. But old habits die hard, whether they make any sense or not, and it took the Apostles awhile to see the truth. When they did see, they set out to set the people free. Isn't that what we really want to do for one another set one another free from the things that don't matter, the things that can't give us life? Be like Jesus and His Apostles. Be a liberator, not a policeman! |
"Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life" bump.
Bible study bump.
Homily of the Day bump.
Prayers offered up for personal concerns.
Jn 14:6-14 | ||
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6 | Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me. | dicit ei Iesus ego sum via et veritas et vita nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per me |
7 | If you had known me, you would without doubt have known my Father also: and from henceforth you shall know him. And you have seen him. | si cognovissetis me et Patrem meum utique cognovissetis et amodo cognoscitis eum et vidistis eum |
8 | Philip saith to him: Lord, shew us the Father; and it is enough for us. | dicit ei Philippus Domine ostende nobis Patrem et sufficit nobis |
9 | Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou: Shew us the Father? | dicit ei Iesus tanto tempore vobiscum sum et non cognovistis me Philippe qui vidit me vidit et Patrem quomodo tu dicis ostende nobis Patrem |
10 | Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works. | non credis quia ego in Patre et Pater in me est verba quae ego loquor vobis a me ipso non loquor Pater autem in me manens ipse facit opera |
11 | Believe you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? | non creditis quia ego in Patre et Pater in me est |
12 | Otherwise believe for the very works' sake. Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do: and greater than these shall he do. | alioquin propter opera ipsa credite amen amen dico vobis qui credit in me opera quae ego facio et ipse faciet et maiora horum faciet quia ego ad Patrem vado |
13 | Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. | et quodcumque petieritis in nomine meo hoc faciam ut glorificetur Pater in Filio |
14 | If you shall ask me any thing in my name, that I will do. | si quid petieritis me in nomine meo hoc faciam |
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