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I find Jesus’ exasperation with Philip not “getting it” consoling. “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me?” Even three years with the greatest catechist ever and Philip still needed to grow in faith. Not surprising that I also need to keep working at “getting it.” St. Paul in the epistle suggests how he got it:  I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received. Despite being knocked off the (proverbial) horse, Paul still needed to receive the tradition from other believers. We have been blessed to receive the tradition and charged with passing it on — not as a rock, solid and inert, but as a living thing needing care and tending.