Dec. 27: ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. Mass readings and St. Augustine’s treatise. Born in Bethsaida, St. John together with James, his brother, and Simon Peter, was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration. He wrote the fourth Gospel, three Epistles and the Apocalypse. He is the evangelist of the divinity of Christ and of…
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ST. JAMES THE GREATER: 1ST Apostle to Suffer Martyrdom, Evangelized Spain.
ST. JAMES THE GREATER, 1ST APOSTLE TO SUFFER MARTYRDOM, EVANGELIZED SPAIN “James, from Bethsaida, was the son of Zebedee and the brother of John. He was one of the three disciples to witness the Transfiguration and the agony in the Garden besides other important events of our Saviour’s public life. He and his brother’s impetuous…