Today we celebrate the feast of two Apostles - Philip and James. We know little of James except that Paul (1st Reading) tells us that the Risen Jesus appeared to him. Philip, a companion of Andrew, comes across as a rather simple and na?ve person, yet we can be thankful for the questions he asks Jesus. After Jesus has told his disciples that they have already seen the Father, this is a bit too much for Philip: "Master, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." One can almost hear the sigh in Jesus' voice, "Philip, have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" Jesus' reply is simply another way of saying that He is the Way. To know and understand the inner meaning of Jesus' life and to make it one's own is to know the Father because Jesus is the embodiment, the incarnation of the Father in human form. We are grateful to Philip for his question. Let us, too, go to our Father through Jesus His Son along the Way he has shown.