St. Philip

St. Philip the Apostle was a native of Bethsaida in Galilee, the same town as Peter and Andrew, and one of the Twelve chosen by Jesus. In John's Gospel he responds at once to the Lord's call and immediately brings his friend Nathanael to Christ, saying, "We have found him of whom Moses wrote." He appears again at the feeding of the five thousand, when Jesus tests him about how to feed the crowd, and at the Last Supper, where his request "Lord, show us the Father" draws forth Christ's teaching that whoever has seen Him has seen the Father.

When certain Greeks came to Jerusalem wishing to see Jesus, it was to Philip that they turned. Early tradition holds that after Pentecost he preached the Gospel in Phrygia in Asia Minor and died at Hierapolis, by tradition martyred. He is honored in the West together with St. James the Lesser, their feast kept on 3 May, and is remembered as an apostle eager to lead others to Christ.