𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖌𝖔 𝖊𝖑 𝕸𝖆𝖞𝖔𝖗 𝕬𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖑 𝖉𝖊 𝕯𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖔𝖑

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01/09/2025

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03/08/2025

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August 2, 2021, four years after since you came to our humble abode. Thank you for the continuous blessings you poured on our family and in your devotees through your intercession.

St. James the Greater, pray for us

01/08/2025

25/07/2025

25 July | Saint James the Greater

This James is the brother of John the Evangelist. The two were called by Jesus as they worked with their father in a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had already called another pair of brothers from a similar occupation: Peter and Andrew. “He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him” (Mark 1:19-20).
James was one of the favored three who had the privilege of witnessing the Transfiguration, the raising to life of the daughter of Jairus, and the agony in Gethsemani.
Two incidents in the Gospels describe the temperament of this man and his brother. Saint Matthew tells that their mother came—Mark says it was the brothers themselves—to ask that they have the seats of honor in the kingdom. “Jesus said in reply, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We can’” (Matthew 20:22). Jesus then told them they would indeed drink the cup and share his baptism of pain and death, but that sitting at his right hand or left was not his to give—it “is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father” (Matthew 20:23b). It remained to be seen how long it would take to realize the implications of their confident “We can!”
The other disciples became indignant at the ambition of James and John. Then Jesus taught them all the lesson of humble service: The purpose of authority is to serve. They are not to impose their will on others, or lord it over them. This is the position of Jesus himself. He was the servant of all; the service imposed on him was the supreme sacrifice of his own life.
On another occasion, James and John gave evidence that the nickname Jesus gave them—“sons of thunder”—was an apt one. The Samaritans would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to hated Jerusalem. “When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?’ Jesus turned and rebuked them...” (Luke 9:54-55).
James was apparently the first of the apostles to be martyred. “About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them. He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword, and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also” (Acts 12:1-3a).
This James, sometimes called James the Greater, is not to be confused with James the Lesser or with the author of the Letter of James and the leader of the Jerusalem community.

Source:
1. St. James — Franciscan Media

25/07/2025

25/07/2025

HAPLY FEAST DAY,
ST. JAMES THE GREATER!
JULY 25, 2025

Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple.

The title "the Greater" was added to St. James' name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," who is believed to have been shorter than James "the Greater."

Saint James the Greater was one of Jesus' first disciples. James was fishing with his father and John the Apostle when Jesus came to the shores of the Sea of Galilee and called for the fisherman, who were unable to catch any fish that day, to dip their nets in the water once again.

When the fishermen followed Jesus' instructions, they found their nets full, and after emptying the fish on board, the boats nearly sank from their weight.

Later, James was one of only three called by Jesus to witness his Transfiguration, and when he and his brother wanted to call fire upon a Samaritan town, both were rebuked by Jesus.

Following Christ's Ascension, James spread the Gospel across Israel and the Roman kingdom as well. He traveled and spread the Word for nearly forty years in Spain.

It is said that one day, as he prayed, The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him and asked him to build her a church, which he did.





Sources:

(1) St. James the Greater—Catholic Online;

(2) Flickr

24/07/2025

HULYO 25 | KAFIESTAHAN NI SANTIAGO EL MAYOR APOSTOL

PAMIBI KI SANTIAGO EL MAYOR APOSTOL

O mamurawayon na Santiago, maigot na apostol, hilinga kami an banwaan nin Dios na nagkakatiripon sa irarom kan saimong pangataman. Nakaluhod kami sa atubang ni Jesukristo na samuyang maestro asin Kagurangnan huli sa saimong intersesyon. Namimibi kami nin grasya nin Dios na maging tunay na nagsasamba na banwaan nin mga disipulo asin simbahan nin mga dukha, pusog na nagtutubod sa saimo; maogmang nagsasabuhay sa pagkaburunyog asin pagkasararo sa lambang saro asin sa Dios sa espiritu nin pagtubod asin pagsarig sa Kagurangnan. Samuyang dinadara sa saimo an samuyang pangangaipo na ipamibi an samuyang kahagadan. Ika an maugay na tagasunod nin Kagurangnan an maisog na martir para ki Kristo sa atubang kan trono nin Dios sa langit, giyahan asin pagsararoa kami sa irarom kan bandera kan samuyang Kagurangnan na si Jesukristo. Amen.

Santiago el Mayor Apostol, ipamibi mo kami

24/07/2025

NOVENA KI SANTIAGO EL MAYOR - IKASIYAM NA ALDAW

O Dios na maheherakon, an gabos na Saimong pinaniwalaan Saimong binalsan asin tinawan nin grasya asin pinaorog Mo sa gabos na mga tawo an igwa nin gibo na kabanalan ta Ika an Dios na pano nin kabagsikan sa tawong makaherak–herak, kaya sagkod pagkuyog ni Santiago Saimo asin sagkod sa pagkagadan, tinawan Mo nin balakid na mga karahayan asin pinaorog Mo si Santiago na kaidtong pagkagadan niya, pinaorog man an saiyang kagayagayahan ta Saimong sinugo an balakidon na mga angeles asin naggibo nin tronong magayon patin saindang pinag–iba si Santa Maria duman sa kalaboso sa Jerusalem tanganing giyahan si Santiago sa namumugtakan sa bilangguan ta an pagboot kan Hadeng Herodes, pugotan asin gadanon si Santiago. Sinda gabos dai nakaisi na dudumanon ni Santa Maria. Sa Dios na pagboot kinapotan ni Santa Maria an mahal na payo ni Santiago tanganing dai mahulog sa daga. Puminuli man tolos an mga soldados. Si Santa Maria pinagsulit asin pinagdukot an payo ni Santiago. Kaherakan Mo kami sagkod kan namumugtak sa kasakitan kaining samong banwaan, asin an samong mga tinanom magka produkto. Itao Mo man samo an Saimong mahal na grasya tanganing makamtan niamo an langit na kamurawayan. Amen.

Santiago el Mayor Apostol, ipamibi mo kami