Saint James - The Quiet - His name always appears among the first three of the Apostles. - Matt. 10:2; Mark 1:19 - and always mentioned with his brother John; the Lord took him, Peter and John along privately on three special occasions. He accompanied Jesus when He healed the daughter of Jairus, witnessed Jesus transfiguration and also with Jesus in His agony in Gethsemane. - Mark 5:37, 9:2, 14:33; Luke 8:51, 9:28; Matt. 17:1, 26:37 -

He was called Saint James the Great to distinguish him from Saint James the Less or the Younger. James is never mentioned apart from his brother John in the New Testament even at his death.

James and John must have contributed a spirited and headstrong element to Jesus' band of followers because Jesus nicknamed them "Sons of Thunder" - Mark 3:17 - On one occasion - Luke 9:51-56 - when a Samaritan village refused to accept Jesus, the two asked Jesus to call down fire in revenge as the prophet Elijah once had done. - 2Kin. 1:10-12 - On another occasion, they earned the anger of their fellow disciples by asking if they could sit on Jesus right and left hands in glory. - Matt. 20:20-28; Mark 10:35-45 -

Saint James the Great was the first apostle to die as martyr and the only one whose martyrdom is mentioned in the New Testament. - Acts 12:2 - In 44 AD during the persecution of king Herod Agrippa 1, he was captured and killed by the sword.

Tradition says that Saint James the Great preached the Gospel in Spain. In the year 40 AD, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him upon a pillar (Nuestra Senora del Pilar) telling him to go back to Jerusalem for his martyrdom. His body was transferred back to Spain, to the Church of Santiago de Compostela which became one of the greatest centers of pilgrimages. His feast day is on July 25.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -