MY PATRON SAINT the Apostle James the Just is commemorated today, October 23.

MY PATRON SAINT the Apostle James the Just is commemorated today, October 23. He was the Brother of the Lord, First Bishop of Jerusalem who presided at the 1st Council of the Church held in Jerusalem that decided how to receive Gentiles converts. He wrote the Epistle of James and was martyred in Jerusalem perhaps in AD 69. One year before the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. Holy James the Just pray for me a sinner. Fr. James.