聖雅各伯宗徒
聖雅各伯，傳統上稱大雅各伯，是載伯德的兒子，與弟弟若望原是加里肋亞海邊的漁夫，同被耶穌召為宗徒（瑪4:21-22；谷1:19-20；路5:1-11）。他們的母親曾請求主給她的兒子：雅各伯及若望，坐在主的左右，主卻回答說：「我的爵，你們固然要飲，但坐在右邊或左邊，不是我可以給的，而是我父給誰預備了，就給誰。」（瑪20:20-24；谷10:35-45）。
耶穌常帶同雅各伯、伯多祿和若望一起；他們目睹耶穌復活雅依洛的女兒（谷5:21-43；路8:40-56）；耶穌榮顯聖容（瑪17:1-3；谷9:2-13；路9:28-36）和山園祈禱（瑪26:36-46；谷14:32-33）。
聖人約於44年被黑落德殺害，是宗徒中首先殉道的（宗12:2）。相傳他在殉道前，曾到過西班牙傳教，故他在西班牙，備受敬禮。
集禱經
全能永生的天主，你以聖雅各伯宗徒所傾流的血，使宗徒的教會，結出初果。求你以他所宣示的信仰，堅強你的教會，並使你的教會，時常獲得他的助佑。因你的聖子、我們的主耶穌基督，他和你及聖神，是唯一天主，永生永王。亞孟。
Saint James, Apostle
Often called “ The Greater,” St. James was a son of Zebedee and was called by Christ together with his brother St. John. St. James was one of three Apostles who witnessed Christ’s Transfiguration and Agony in the Garden. St. James was condemned to death by Agrippa I and beheaded in the year 42, the first martyr among the Apostles.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who consecrated the first fruits of your Apostles by the blood of Saint James, grant, we pray, that your Church may be strengthened by his confession of faith and constantly sustained by his protection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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中文內容：《平日彌撒經文》，香港教區禮儀委員會
English text: Daily Roman Missal, 2011