A summary of the lives of these apostles taken from the new testament and tradition

1. SAINTS
PHILIP
and JAMES
the lesser,
APOSTLES

2. their
names are
mentioned
in the first
list in the
Canon of
the Mass.

3. SAINT
PHILIP

4. Like the brothers, Peter and Andrew,
Philip was a native of Bethsaida on
Lake Genesareth (John 1:44).

7. He also was among those surrounding the Baptist when
the latter first pointed out Jesus as the Lamb of God.

8. “The next day
Jesus was about
to leave for
Galilee, and
He found Philip.
And Jesus said to
him: Follow Me.
Now Philip was
from Bethsaida,
the town of
Andrew and
Peter.

9. Philip found Nathanael,
and said to him:
“We have found Him of
whom Moses in the Law
and the Prophets wrote,
Jesus the Son of Joseph
of Nazareth”.
And Nathanael said to
him: “Can anything good
come out of Nazareth”?
Philip said to him:
“Come and see"
(John 1:43-).

10. On the occasion of the selection and sending out of the twelve, Philip is
included among the Apostles proper. His name stands in the fifth place
in the three lists (Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:14-19; Luke 6:13-16) after
the two pairs of brothers, Peter and Andrew, James and John.

11. Philip as a naïve, somewhat shy, sober-minded man. - Before the miraculous feeding of the
multitude, Christ turns towards Philip with the question: "Where shall we buy bread, that
these people may eat?" to which the Apostle answers: "Two hundred penny-worth of bread
is not sufficient for them, so that every one may take a little"

12. When some
heathens in
Jerusalem came
to Philip and said
they wanted
to see Jesus,
he reported the
fact to Andrew
and then both
brought the news
to the Saviour

13. At the last supper, when Christ had spoken to His Apostles of knowing and seeing
the Father, Philip said to Him: "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us":
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” (Jn 14:9a).

14. Theologians appeal to these words to
establish the doctrine, technically known as
perichoresis in the Greek, and in the Latin as
circumincessio, in virtue of which the Father is
in the Son and the Son in the Father. Thus St.
Philip's question leads to the Gospel teaching
of the theology of the Blessed Trinity.

15. in the early Church, an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert
road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he
met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the
Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem
to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah
the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” Acts 8

16. Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet.
“Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. - “How can I,” he said,
“unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

17. 32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:“He was led like a sheep to
the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please,
who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip
began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

18. As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the
eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being
baptized?” And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and
the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.

19. When they came
up out of the water,
the Spirit of the Lord
suddenly took Philip
away, and the eunuch
did not see him again,
but went on his
way rejoicing.
Philip, however,
appeared at Azotus
and traveled about,
preaching the gospel in
all the towns until he
reached Caesarea.

20. The apostle Philip may be confused with a deacon evangelizer
of the same name who died in Hieropolis. - Paul and his
companions stopped in Caesarea on their return “stayed at the
house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. He had four
unmarried daughters who prophesied” (Acts 21:8-9)

21. The Breviary story tells us that Philip evangelized Phyrgia, and
that, at Hierapolis, he was fastened to a cross and then stoned.

23. The apocryphal "Acts of Philip," which are, however purely legendary
and a tissue of fables, also refer Philip's death to Hieropolis

24. The remains of the Philip who was interred in Hieropolis were
later translated (as those of the Apostle) to Constantinople
and thence to the church of the Dodici Apostoli in Rome.

25. Philip is patron of - hatters;
pastry chefs; Uruguay, Luxemburg

26. Symbols and Representation of St Philip
-basket; basket and Tau cross or letter Tau;
-two or three loaves and a cross;
-patriarchal cross and spear;
-knotted cross;
-broken idols; inverted cross; tall column; dragon; carpenter's square and cross; long
staff and spear; tall cross and book.
Often Portrayed As:
-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; with Saint Andrew.

27. SAINT
JAMES
THE
LESSER

28. during the first years
of Christianity, James
was far more
important than Philip.
–
His position as one
of the "brethren"
or cousins of Our Lord
was alone sufficient
to make him an
outstanding figure

29. The James of the New Testament
1 - James, the son of Zebedee — Apostle, brother of John, Apostle;
also called "James the Greater".
2 - James, the son of Alpheus, Apostle — Matthew 10:3;
Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13.
3 - James, the brother of the Lord — Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3;
Galatians 1:19. he must be identified with the James of Galatians
2:2 and 2:9; Acts 12:17, 15:13 sqq. and 21:18; and 1 Cor 15:7.
4 - James, the son of Mary, brother of Joseph (or Joses) —
Mark 15:40 (where he is called ò mikros "the little";
Mat 27:56. Probably the son of Cleophas or Clopas (John 19:25)
5 - James, the brother of Jude — Jude 1:1. identified with the
"Judas Jacobi", the "brother of James" (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13),
called thus because his brother James was better known than
himself in the primitive Church.

30. The identity of the Apostle James (2), the son of Alpheus and James
(3), the brother of the Lord and Bishop of the Church of Jerusalem
(Acts 15, 21), is highly probable,
The James (5) of Jude 1:1 must certainly be identified with James
(3), the brother of the Lord and the Bishop of Jerusalem.
There is, at any rate, very good ground (Galatians 1:19, 2:9, 2:12)
for believing that the Apostle James, the son of Alpheus is the
same person as James, the brother of the Lord, the well-known
Bishop of Jerusalem of the Acts.

31. most of the apostles read and spoke Greek
as well as Aramaic, from their childhood.

32. James was called to the Apostolate with his brother Jude;

33. in all the four lists of the Apostles, James
stands at the head of the third group
(Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13).

34. St. Paul
mentions that the
Lord appeared to
him before the
Ascension.
(1 Corinthians 15:5-7)

35. After the
dispersion
of the
Apostles he
was made
Bishop of
Jerusalem

36. St. Paul, three
years after his
conversion (A.D. 37),
went up to
Jerusalem.
Of the Twelve
Apostles he saw
only Peter and
James the brother
of the Lord
(Galatians 1:19; Acts 9:27).

37. in the year 44 when Peter escaped from prison, he desired that
news of his release might be carried to James who held already
a marked pre-eminence in the Church of Jerusalem (Acts 12:17

38. In the Council of Jerusalem (A.D. 51) James gives his
sentence after St. Peter, declaring as Peter had done, that
the Gentile Christians are not bound to circumcision, nor to
the observance of the ceremonial Mosaic Law,

39. but at the same time, he urged the advisability of conforming to certain ceremonies
and of respecting certain of the scruples of their Jewish fellow-Christians (Acts 15:13-).

40. When St. Paul after his third missionary journey paid a visit to St. James (A.D.
58), the Bishop of Jerusalem and "the elders" "glorified the Lord" and advised
the Apostle to take part in the ceremonies of a Nazarite vow, in order to show
how false the charge was that he had spoken of the Law as no longer to be
regarded. Paul consented to the advice of James and the elders (Acts 21:1-).

41. James met his death as a martyr in Jerusalem about the year a.d. 62
"When he was ninety-six years old and had governed the Church for
thirty years in a most holy manner, the Jews sought to stone him,
then took him to the pinnacle of the temple and cast him off headlong.

42. As he lay there
half dead, with legs
broken by the fall,
he lifted his hands
toward heaven and
prayed to God for
the salvation of his
enemies, saying:
Lord, forgive them
for they know
not what they do!
While the apostle
was still praying,
a fuller struck his head
a mortal blow."

43. Saint James relics rest next to those of St. Philip
in the church of the Holy Apostles in Rome,

44. It corresponds to the famous church of
Byzantium called the Apostoleion or Church of
the Apostles. St. Julius I (341-352 erected it,
Pelagius I (556-561) rebuilt it, and finally John
III (561-574) dedicated it to the memory of all
the Apostles, especially SS. Philip and James,
whose relics were enshrined therein.

45. The feast of the
Apostle Philip is
celebrated in the
Roman Church on 3
May (together with
that of James the
Younger), and in the
Greek Church on 14
November.

46. The Epistle of St.
James reveals
a grave, meek,
and calm mind,
nourished with the
Scriptures of the
Old Testament,
given to prayer,
devoted to the poor,
resigned in
persecution,
the type
of a just and
apostolic man.

47. The epistle of James was written towards A.D. 60. The author
seems to have had in mind those who wrongly claimed St. Paul's
authority to teach that Faith without Good Works was sufficient
for salvation. - St. James speaks of certain practical matters and
insists on the necessity of good works, especially those of charity.

48. Traditions respecting James the Less are to be found in many extra-
canonical documents, especially Josephus (Antiq., XX, ix, 1),
-the "Gospel according to the Hebrews" (St. Jerome, Illustrious Men 2),
-Hegesippus (Eusebius, Church History II.23),
-the pseudo-Clementine Homilies (Ep. of Peter)
-and Recognitions (I, 72, 73),
-Clement of Alexandria (Hypot., vi, quoted by Eusebius, Church History II.1).
Hegesippus, a Jewish Christian, who lived about the middle of the
second century, relates
-that James was called the "Just",
-that he drank no wine nor strong drink,
-nor ate animal food,
-that no razor touched his head,
-that he did not anoint himself or make use of the bath,
-and lastly that he was put to death by the Jews.

50. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedict XVI
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of the desert, Egypt
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saaint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis Xaviour
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John, apsotle and evangelist

51. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedicto XVI
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan, apostol y evangelista
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
San Tomás Becket
SanTomás de Aquino
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Andrés, Apostol
Sant Antonio de l Deserto, Egipto
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Columbanus 1,2
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Javier
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Cecilia
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
SantaInés de Roma, virgen y martir
SantaMargarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro