Tuesday, 7/25/17
There were two of the
Apostles named James. One of them, whom we honor today, was, perhaps because he
was the taller of the two, was known as James the Greater. At first his
reputation as being the more favored of the two, might have been expressed in
Jesus bringing Peter, John, and this James to witness his Transfiguration.
After the other Apostles
left, James the Lesser was to become leader of the Church in Jerusalem.
Their hot temper brought today’s
James the Greater, along with his brother John, to be known as were known as “The
Sons of Thunder.” That impulsiveness might have led to his being the first
Apostle put to death. That was in 44 A.D. when Herod Agrippa, anxious for the
political support of the Jewish community, seized hold of James, putting him to
death with the sword.
3There is a tradition that has
James preaching the Gospel in northern Spain. To that tradition was added a
belief that the body of James, after his death, was miraculously transported to
his shrine at Compestela in northwestern Spain. Arriving at the feast of James
has been a favorite goal for pilrims making the long trek there.
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