25
July. 1662 Book of Common
Prayer. St. James, Apostle.
We would remind readers that the
practical and stern reading of St. Jame’s Epistle, written by the half-brother
of our Lord, the Bishop of Jerusalem, is rousing, practical and ever-robust.
Saint James the Apostle.
The Collect.
GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy
Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was
obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we,
forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow
thy holy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. James the Apostle. Of
St. James we know nothing, except that, called with his brother St. John, and
with St. Andrew and St. Peter, he became one of the chosen Three, and received
with his brother the name of "Boanerges, the Sons of Thunder;" and
that, possibly in consequence of the fervent zeal which that name implies, he
was singled ut by Herod Agrippa I. as the first martyr in the Apostolic band;
thus obtaining one of those places of honour in the Kingdom of God which he and
his brother had desired (Matthew
20:20-23), by "drinking the cup," and "being
baptized with the baptism" of Christ. -- July 25th.
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