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]]> Though usually associated with the pilgrimage destination, Santiago de Compestella, St. James also has ties to a basilica in Saragossa, Spain, where tradition says Our Lady appeared to him at a time of personal trial, leaving in her memory a small image of herself and the Child Jesus, enthroned on a pillar.

The Mother of God told St. James not to worry, that the people to whom he preached would not only be converted, but they would one day have faith as strong as the pillar on which she stood. She gave the pillar and the statue to St. James and asked that a church be built on the spot in her honor…

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]]> 66580 James the Apostle Challenges Us to the Chalice – Jul 25 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W https://dev.airmaria.com/2018/07/25/james-the-apostle-challenges-us-to-the-chalice-jul-25-homily-fr-maximilian-w/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:20:48 +0000 http://dev.airmaria.com/2018/07/25/james-the-apostle-challenges-us-to-the-chalice-jul-25-homily-fr-maximilian-w/   In the homily for the Feast of  St. James the Apostle (Jul 25), Fr. Maximilian explains the meaning of the famous question that Christ put to the “sons of thunder,” James and...

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In the homily for the Feast of  St. James the Apostle (Jul 25), Fr. Maximilian explains the meaning of the famous question that Christ put to the “sons of thunder,” James and John: “Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?” We, too, must pray and strive to give witness up to and including drinking the Chalice of Blood that is red martyrdom for the Faith.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. James – Feast

Readings: 
1st: 2 Cor 4:7-15
Resp: Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Gsp: Mt 20:20-28

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