May 3 Sts. Philip and James, the lesser
To Celebrate--Very Easy-- If you've got a Philip or James in your family, it's his feast day today. The easiest way to celebrate is by simply letting your feast day patron choose the evening meal and dessert. Make sure you pray during the meal for the intercession of Philip or James for their namesake and end the prayer with the Collect from the Mass written below.
Other feast day ideas would be cookies or cake with that particular saints symbol on them.
Other feast day ideas would be cookies or cake with that particular saints symbol on them.
Symbols of St. Philip: basket; basket and Tau cross or letter Tau; two or three loaves and a cross; patriarchal cross and spear
Symbols of St. James the lesser: Vertical saw; Fuller's club; windmill; halbert; three stones; loaf of bread
To Pray: Collect from the Mass: O God, who gladden us each year with the feast day of the Apostles Philip and James, grant us, through their prayers, a share in the Passion and Resurrection of your Only Begotten Son, so that we may merit to behold you for eternity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever
Symbols of St. James the lesser: Vertical saw; Fuller's club; windmill; halbert; three stones; loaf of bread
To Pray: Collect from the Mass: O God, who gladden us each year with the feast day of the Apostles Philip and James, grant us, through their prayers, a share in the Passion and Resurrection of your Only Begotten Son, so that we may merit to behold you for eternity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever