St. Jude Thaddeus
Patron of Hopeless and Desperate Causes
 

MOST HOLY APOSTLE ST. JUDE THADDEUS faithful servant and friend of Jesus, patron of hopeless cases, inspire me to believe there are always other possibilities than those known to me at this moment. Please assist me in this time of great need, with all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings particularly (here mention your petition). I light this candle as a symbol of new hope and, with you, bless God and all the elect throughout eternity. I promise you, O blessed Jude to be ever mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special and powerful patron and to do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. AMEN.

 


Feast Day
October 28 
(Roman Church); 19 June (Eastern Church)

Mortal Remains
Beaten to death with a club, then beheaded post-mortem in 1st century Persia; relics at great basilica of
St. Peter in Rome, at Rheims, and at Toulouse, France

 Sacred Shrines
in the United States
Illinois - Louisiana

History behind
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude History
ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Video

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St. Jude is patron saint of desperate situations, forgotten causes, hospital workers, hospitals, impossible causes, lost causes

Son of Cleophas, who died a martyr, and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross, and who anointed Christ's body after death. Brother of Saint James the Lesser; nephew of Mary and Joseph; blood relative of Jesus Christ, and reported to look a lot like him. May have been a fisherman.

 

St. Jude, Pray for Us and for all who honor and invoke thy aid.

Help us find a cure for AIDS and CANCER this year. For all who suffer we offer our prayers.       AMEN


Why are so many people today asking for help from St. Jude?

Saints are seen by the faithful as people who led exemplary lives and have the ability to intercede with God.

"It's easier to approach a human person than it is to approach God directly," said the Rev. George Concordia, a Dominican friar in charge of the St. Jude shrine at St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. "You have more empathy with a St. Jude. You identify with a human being."

full article [New York Times]

St. Jude prayer


 

St. Jude (Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13) or Thaddeus (Matthew and Mark) or Lebbaeus (John 14:22; Matt10:3) is described in the New Testament as a relative (adelphos) of Jesus (Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3), and also the brother of James the Less (Epistle of Jude).