Today is Saturday, December 27, the third day of Christmas. In the teaching song, the 12 Days of Christmas, the gift of the day is Three French hens, representing the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. It is the Feast of St. John the Apostle. The author of five books of the Bible (the Gospel of John, the First, Second, and Third Letters of John, and Revelation), Saint John the Apostle was one of earliest disciples of Christ. Commonly called Saint John the Evangelist because of his authorship of the fourth and final gospel, he is one of the most frequently mentioned disciples in the New Testament, rivaling Saint Peter for his prominence in the gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Yet outside of the Book of Revelation, John preferred to refer to himself not by name but as the disciple whom Jesus loved. He was the only one of the apostles to die not of martyrdom but of old age, around the year 100.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:16:58 +0000
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