Our long meditation on the Resurrection continues as we celebrate the Feast of Saints Philip and James (the Lesser, i.e.younger) Thanks to their questions and lives, we have a better picture of Jesus, his relationship to the Father, and the assurance that full understanding come over time an with on-going reflection. Philip said, "Show us the Father, and that will be enough." (Jn 14:8). Jesus retorts that seeing him is seeing the Father. (Jn 14:9). James goes on after the Resurrection to be the Bishop of Jerusalem, one of the early pillars of the Church, and later a martyr, being clubbed to death and having his body dismembered with a saw. Who said discipleship wasn't costly?!
Do our questions bring us closer to Jesus and cement our relationship with him so firmly that we might be unflinching witnesses who are willing to die for him, both to self and even physically?
Bro. Rene
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