{"id":80822,"date":"2025-05-05T14:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/solennita-dei-ss-apostoli-filippo-e-giacomo-il-minore\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:41:06","slug":"solennita-dei-ss-apostoli-filippo-e-giacomo-il-minore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/solennita-dei-ss-apostoli-filippo-e-giacomo-il-minore\/","title":{"rendered":"Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Philip and James the Lesser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Pontifical Parish Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cOn this day, the Western Church celebrates together the memory of two radiant Apostles: Philip and James the Lesser. The courageous and devout lives of these two figures invite us to rediscover the beauty of the Gospel and to follow the Lord with confidence\u201d (from the homily of His Eminence Cardinal Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, OFM Conv.). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, May 3, 2025, a solemn Mass was celebrated in the magnificent Pontifical Minor Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome, which also serves as the shrine of the Apostles Philip and James the Lesser. The church was adorned with beautiful red roses, symbolizing passion, martyrdom, and love.<br \/>\nThe solemnity was preceded by a triduum of spiritual preparation, with preaching by: Friar Francesco CELESTINO, OFM Conv. (Guardian and Pastor of the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles); Friar Agnello STOIA, OFM Conv. (Pastor of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in the Vatican); and Father Cristian Abrah\u00e3o DA SILVA (Rector of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine alle Tre Cannelle in Rome). The Mass for the solemnity was presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Teheran-Isfahan of the Latins (Iran). Concelebrating with him were Cardinal Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier BUSTILLO, OFM Conv., Bishop of Ajaccio (France), the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI together with members of the General Curia at the Conventual Franciscan Friary of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome, members of the General Houses in Rome, several priests from local rectories, and religious priests from communities in the area.<br \/>\nIn his homily, Cardinal MATHIEU explained further: <em>\u201cPhilip and James embody the Gospel in their lives in their own way. Philip, who brought Nathanael to Jesus, shows us the simplicity of concrete evangelization. James, a pillar of the Church in Jerusalem, teaches us the wisdom and strength of communal faith. Together, they remind us that faith is not an abstract idea, but a personal and transformative encounter with Christ, which moves us to give our lives for others.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>At the end of the Mass, the Pastor thanked all those who worked so hard to make the solemn celebration possible, especially the clerical students from the <em>Seraphicum<\/em> who provided liturgical service and the \u201cCappella musicale Costantiniana Ss. Apostoli\u201d choir directed by Friar Robert CALLEJA, OFM Conv.<\/p>\n<p>The Mass was immediately followed by a fraternal meal in the Immaculata Hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Friar Mimmo CASTIGLIONE<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santi XII Apostoli - Solennit\u00e0 Ss Filippo e Giacomo Minore - 03 maggio 2025\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3z6LNCo5Bvg?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pontifical Parish Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome&nbsp; \u201cOn this day, the Western Church celebrates together the memory of two radiant Apostles: Philip and James the Lesser. The courageous and devout lives of these two figures invite us to rediscover the beauty of the Gospel and to follow the Lord with confidence\u201d (from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,148],"tags":[1353],"class_list":["post-80822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ufficio-comunicazioni-en","category-news","tag-twelve-holy-apostles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}