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SUMMARY:Saint Bartholomew
DESCRIPTION:Image: Sant Bertolomeu | Bernat Jiménez\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Bartholomew\nSaint of the Day for August 24\n(b. 1st century)\nSaint Bartholomew’s Story\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODAug24.mp3\nIn the New Testament\, Bartholomew is mentioned only in the lists of the apostles. Some scholars identify him with Nathanael\, a man of Cana in Galilee who was summoned to Jesus by Philip. Jesus paid him a great compliment: “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him” (John 1:47b). When Nathanael asked how Jesus knew him\, Jesus said\, “I saw you under the fig tree” (John 1:48b). Whatever amazing revelation this involved\, it brought Nathanael to exclaim\, “Rabbi\, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel” (John 1:49b). But Jesus countered with\, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this” (John 1:50b). \nNathanael did see greater things. He was one of those to whom Jesus appeared on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias after his resurrection (see John 21:1-14). They had been fishing all night without success. In the morning\, they saw someone standing on the shore though no one knew it was Jesus. He told them to cast their net again\, and they made so great a catch that they could not haul the net in. Then John cried out to Peter\, “It is the Lord.” \nWhen they brought the boat to shore\, they found a fire burning\, with some fish laid on it and some bread. Jesus asked them to bring some of the fish they had caught\, and invited them to come and eat their meal. John relates that although they knew it was Jesus\, none of the apostles presumed to inquire who he was. This\, John notes\, was the third time Jesus appeared to the apostles. \n\nReflection\nBartholomew or Nathanael? We are confronted again with the fact that we know almost nothing about most of the apostles. Yet the unknown ones were also foundation stones\, the 12 pillars of the new Israel whose 12 tribes now encompass the whole earth. Their personalities were secondary–without thereby being demeaned–to their great office of bearing tradition from their firsthand experience\, speaking in the name of Jesus\, putting the Word Made Flesh into human words for the enlightenment of the world. Their holiness was not an introverted contemplation of their status before God. It was a gift that they had to share with others. The Good News was that all are called to the holiness of being Christ’s members\, by the gracious gift of God. \nThe simple fact is that humanity is totally meaningless unless God is its total concern. Then humanity\, made holy with God’s own holiness\, becomes the most precious creation of God. \n\nSaint Bartholomew is the Patron Saint of:\nPlasterers
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