Saint Philip - The Business - When Jesus said to him, "Follow Me" - John 1:43 - the lone sheep immediately followed the Good Shepherd and immediately he went out and made a convert. He must tell others of the Saviour he found or rather the Saviour Who found him. When the 5,000 in the desert were hungry, the Lord turned to his accountant to test him and said,

"Where are we to find bread to feed these people?" - John 6:5 -

 Philip used his computer and came up with the exact amount. He calculated without Christ. At the Last Supper he rudely interrupted the beautiful discourse of the Lord about His Father, being concerned only with a physical vision of Him, not Christ's oneness with the Father. And Jesus replied, 'Have I been all this time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me?' - John 14:8-9 -

The most noted conversion as a result of Philip's ministry was the Ethiopian EUNUCH, an official of great authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethopians. Philip met the Ethiopian eunuch on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. The eunuch was reading the book of Isaiah 53, the passage about the SUFFERING SERVANT. Philip used this great opportunity to preach the Lord Jesus Christ to him. The eunuch said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God". - Acts 8:26-40 - Then Philip baptized the eunuch. After this event, Philip preached in Azotus and Caesarea.

After preaching the Gospel in many places, Saint Philip was crucified at an old age at Hierapolis, in Asia Minor. Until 1955 the feast of Saint Philip and Saint James the Less was on May 1 but when Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, they were moved to May 3.

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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 -