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Do you notice that of Christ’s disciples, who were all high and worthy of election, one is called a stone, and the foundations of the Church are entrusted to him, another is loved more than others and reclines on the breasts of Jesus, while the rest are not offended by such preference? When Jesus had to ascend the mountain in order to reveal the Divinity in an illuminated face and reveal what is hidden in the flesh, who ascends with Him? For not everyone was spectators of this miracle, but Peter, James and John, who were considered and were superior to others. Who was with Jesus when He was in His struggle, when He went into solitude just before He suffered, and prayed? They're the same again. But in this one can see the preference of Christ, in everything else one can see decorum and order, from what? Peter asks about one thing, Philip about another, Judas about another, Thomas about another, someone else about another, and not all about the same thing, and not one about everything, but each about something in turn. Maybe you will say: each about what he needed. But how does the following seem to you: Philip wants to say something and does not dare alone, but invites Andrei; Peter needs to ask one question, does he suggest this to John as well? Where is the unsociability here, where is the arrogance? And in what other way would they show themselves to be real disciples of Christ, meek and humble in heart, who became a servant for us - His servants - and in everything giving all glory to the Father, in order to give us an example of order and modesty, which we previously do not respect that I would like, at least, not to become more insolent than all people, after we show so much modesty in the most important objects and circumstances (1)? You might be interested in: