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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Feast of St James, the apostle

Psalm 34:3






Proclaim 
with 
me 
the 
greatness 
of the 
Lord 



James was a fisherman called, with his brother John, to leave their father Zebedee’s boat to become apostles. Nicknamed by Jesus “the sons of thunder,” they, with Peter, formed a kind of inner circle with Jesus. His body is buried at the shrine of Santiago de Compotela  which is still a popular pilgrimage site.  

See the shell? It’s the symbol of St James.... If you look down at the bottom of our Episcopal shield you will see a scallop shell symbolizing that the first bishop of San DIego, Robert Walterstorff, came from St James, La Jolla. 

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