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Friends of the Rosary,
Today, July 25th, we celebrate the feast of St. James, the Apostle, also known as James the Greater (to distinguish him from the other Apostle, St. James, who was chosen later.)
James the Greater was St. John’s brother and the son of Zebedee, the fisherman from Galilee. Christ Jesus called him Boanerges, “son of thunder.”
Along with John and Peter, he witnessed the Transfiguration and accompanied later Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemani.
He started evangelizing Spain, a country that is his patron saint today. In Saragossa, along with some followers, he received the visit of the Blessed Virgin — Our Lady of Pillar.
Later, he would be beheaded in Jerusalem in the year 42 or 43 A.D. on the orders of Herod Agrippa.
Since the ninth century, the faithful have been going on pilgrimage to St. James of Compostella in Galicia, Spain. There, they can visit a breathtaking shrine with the saint’s relics.
The Camino de Santiago, “the Way of St. James,” is one of the most frequented pilgrimages in Christendom along with Rome or the Holy Land. The pilgrim paths to Compostella form a network over Europe, dotted with pilgrims’ hospices and chapels.
Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!
St. James, Pray for Us!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
