SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES

SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES Everything that we know About Philip Comes from the New Testament He was Probably a disciple of John Then began to follow Jesus He also persuaded Nathaniel To follow Jesus At the feeding of the 5,000 He was concerned That there was not enough bread and fish To feed the 5,000 After finding Andrew and Peter Jesus-leaving for Galilee-finds Philip And says-“Follow me” Philip-in turn-finds Nathaniel ( also called Bartholomew ) And tells him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law And about whom the prophets also wrote Jesus of Nazareth-the son of Joseph” Nathaniel says, “Nazareth-can anything good come from there?” Philip responds, “come and see” Philip is believed To have preached the Gospel in Phyrgia After Christ’s Resurrection And usually Is represented by a cross Or with loaves of bread To recall his part In the feeding of the 5000 JAMES THE LESS Another apostle of Jesus He was the son of Alphaeus And it is believed His mother stood at the foot of the cross As Jesus was crucified He also May have written The letter of James It is believed He was beat to death With a club After being sentenced to be stoned By the Sanhedrin in 62 AD His feast day Along with the apostle Philip Is May the 3rd Robert P. Wallman 5-3-12