#St. JAMES

[fierceanduntamedemotions]

A new portrait, affectionately called "Sexy St. James", from my local church. Artist Unknown. Date Unknown.

my whole family was barking in the pews

[momentsbeforemass]

Santiago

(by request)

A few years ago, I went to Santiago de Campostela. To the Cathedral that marks the end of the legendary pilgrim’s way known simply as “The Camino.”

Don’t be impressed. I did it the easy way. By driving from Portugal.

Atop the main altar at the Cathedral is a larger-than-life-size statue of St. James. In a Baroque sanctuary dripping with gold and silver, the ornate statue of St. James stands out.

The treasured relics of the Apostle could not be in a more precious container.

But that’s not where they are.

The actual relics of St. James are at the bottom of a cramped flight of stairs, worn smooth by the feet of centuries of pilgrims. In a simple shrine in a narrow crypt.

Underneath the main altar. And a world away from the bejeweled splendor overhead.

I love beautiful churches. The glories of the great cathedrals and the beauty of Catholic art and worship are some of the things that God used to draw me to the Church. And still uses to draw me closer to Him.

But there was something wonderfully poetic about the simplicity of the actual resting place of St. James. I remember thinking, as I stood there in the little shrine, “we have this treasure in earthen vessels,” (which is today’s first reading).

It was a wonderful visual for the extravagance of God. How God treats not just His Apostles, but all of His beloved. How God treats you and me.

God pours out His love. God pours out His care. God pours out His compassion. God pours out His very best into our hearts. Into the simple, flawed, fragile vessels of you and me.

Not even asking whether we’re good enough. Not waiting until we’re perfect.

But looking at us with Holy love. Wanting so much for us. That He can’t wait.

God pours out the greatest treasure – God’s love, God’s forgiveness, God’s very best – into our hearts. The moment we turn to Him and take our first halting steps towards Home.

Today’s Readings

[frenchcurious]

L’avantage de travailler dans le quartier de St. James’s à Londres est que j’ai régulièrement l’occasion de voir beaucoup de belles vieilles voitures britanniques dans les rues. - source Paul Hier.

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Open House Chicago 2024 - Day 1

October 19-20, 2024

Sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Center

Cathedral Hall, University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe Street

1909, Martin Roche, architect, Frederic Clay Bartlett, stained glass windows

Murphy Auditorium, 50 E. Erie Street

1926, Benjamin Marshall and Charles E. Fox of Marshall and Fox, architects

St. James Cathedral, Huron and Wabash Streets

1875, Edward Burling, architect

Lawson House, formerly Lawson YMCA, 803 N Dearborn Street

1931, Perkins, Chatten, and Hammond, architects; Edgar Miller, designer of the Chapel

[letsdeconstructtogether]

A Peek Behind the Picket Fence

How America Infiltrates Nations: Part II

Key Points of Access to Information:

UN Ambassadors

US Embassy

Trades

[christliche-kunstwerke]

St. Jakobus der Apostel, ca. 1612-13 von Peter Paul Rubens (Öl auf Holz)

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Troparion for St. James, tone 4.

As the Lord’s disciple you received the Gospel, O righteous James;

as a martyr you have unfailing courage;

as God’s brother, you have boldness;

as a hierarch, you have the power to intercede.//

Pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.

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Alter in St. James' Church, Hamburg, Germany

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Fields

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Fountain, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, 2014.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (July 25)

James, the brother of John the Evangelist, was the first Apostle to be martyred. He was beheaded by order of Herod of Agrippa.

The Gospels tell us that the two brothers left their father Zebedee and followed Jesus as soon as He called out to them.

James was one of the three Apostles who were particularly close to the Lord. He was there with the Lord, his brother John, and Peter at the Transfiguration and in the Garden of Gethsemane.

He is known as "James the Greater" to distinguish him from the other Apostle by the same name.

The title has little to do with his function or the people's regard for him. Rather, it was a term indicating that he was the elder of the two.

He is the patron saint of Spain and of pilgrims.

In northwestern Spain, he is venerated at Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrimage site that is still very popular today.

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Santiago de Compostela or Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.

The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century.

In 1985, the city's Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD – Today is the Feast Day of St. James.

Since mediaeval times, Dubliners held an annual drinking festival in the Saint’s honour. Fittingly, Guinness chose St. James’ Gate as the site for their brewery. St. James is the patron saint of hatmakers, rheumatoid sufferers, and labourers. St James the Greater was one of the first disciples of Jesus and is believed to be the first of the 12 apostles to be martyred. He was the son of Zebedee…

[miss-americanbi]

how the absolute FUCK am i supposed to live long and prosper in these conditions

[treasuresfromthearchives]

La Translation de Ste. Marie, Mère de S. Jacques (The Translation of St. Mary, Mother of St. James), May 25th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)

Jacques Callot French Publisher Israël Henriet French 1636

"This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series."

[nando161mando]

What the actual fuck?

[cryptodan10k]

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