less and sanctify with Thy
Word and Holy Spirit, these Thy gifts and creatures of bread and
wine, that we, receiving them according to Thy Son our Saviour Jesus
Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of His Death and Passion,
may be partakers of His most blessed Body and Blood."

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James (St.) The Great.--One of the Apostles of our Lord, whose
Festival is observed on July 25th, St. James was the brother of St.
John and the son of Zebedee and Salome. With St. John he received
the appellation of "Boanerges" from our Lord. He has also been
surnamed the _Great_ or the _Greater_ by the Church, but neither of
these designations can be satisfactorily accounted for. St. James
was the first of the Apostles who suffered martyrdom and the only
one whose death is recorded in the New Testament (Acts 12:1). In
ecclesiastical art St. James is variously represented as a pilgrim
with staff; with staff and shell; as a child with staff and wallet
with shell upon it; on a white charger conquering the Saracens;
this last with reference to his being regarded as the Patron Saint
of Spain, Santiago, "St. Iago of Compostella." {152}

James (St.) The Less.--The son of Cleophas, or Alphaeus and Mary,
and brother of Thaddaeus or St. Jude. He was one of the Twelve
Apostles and the writer of the Epistle which bears his name. St.
James was the first Bishop of Jerusalem and was put to death there,
at the Passover A.D. 62, in a popular commotion, probably caused
by the publication of his Epistle. He is commemorated on the double
Festival of St. Philip and St. James, observed on May 1; these two
Apostles having been associated together in the most ancient
calendars, although in other calendars they were commemorated on
different days. In ecclesiastical art St. James the Less is
represented with a fuller's club in his hand; as a child with palm
branch; a saw in his hand, etc.

Jesus.--The human Name of our Lord, given to Him at His circumcision
and meaning _Saviour_. The name _Jesus_ was by no means an uncommon
name among the Jews. It is in the Greek what _Joshua_ is in Hebrew,
who is twice called in the New Testament _Jesus_, as in Acts 7:45
and Heb. 4:8. In both these passages the word Jesus means Joshua,
having reference to his work as a leader and deliverer of Israel.
So also we meet with Jesus the Son of Sirach, who wrote the book
Ecclesiasticus. St. Paul speaks of one Jesus who was called Justus
(Col. 4:11), and in Acts 13:6, we r