The Question of Saint Bartholomew
In FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, the country boy walks into the city and people look down on him right away. Quick judgment, no second thought.
Bartholomew (Nathanael) once reacted the same way. When he heard Jesus was from Nazareth, he asked: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Nazareth was like a province town—small, poor, and ordinary compared to the big cities around it. Nothing impressive, nothing worth talking about. So Bartholomew’s question wasn’t random—it came from how people judged the place.
But when he met Jesus, everything changed. His doubt turned into faith: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!”
Just like the country boy hero—dismissed at first but later revealed as the true defender of what is right—Jesus proved that greatness isn’t about where you come from, but who you are.
We remember this turn every August 24, the Feast of Saint Bartholomew. A reminder that quick judgments may blind us, but faith opens our eyes to the truth.
𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎
𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚛.𝚌𝚘𝚖
