St. Jude Thaddaeus
Patron of Desperate Cases
St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus.
Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem.
He is an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia. The final conversion of the Armenian nation to Christianity did not take place until the third century of our era.
Jude was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection. Little else is known of his life. Legend claims that he visited Beirut and Edessa; possibly martyred with St. Simon in Persia.
Jude is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and his feast day is October 28. Saint Jude is not the same person as Judas Iscariot who betrayed Our Lord and despaired because of his great sin and lack of trust in God's mercy.
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Thank you St. Jude! I will continue to pray to you! Thank you again!
Thank you St. Jude for hearing my prayer. My daughter was getting anxious about her grade, she didn't think she will pass. Today, after prayers to you, She got a passing grade and very grateful for your intercession. Amen.
St Jude I thank you for all you have and continue to do for me and my family. Please hear my prayers.
St Jude. Thanks for the assistance again on the matter that i have prayed and seek your assistance on. I truely appreciate it.
St Jude Thank you for all prayers and requests that you have helped me with Please Help me find the means to change my luck and get things back on track.
St Jude Please hear my prayers, I have always turned to you for help and assistance you have always been there for me. One chance is all I ask. Please.
St Jude Thank you for all you have done for me and my family. Please hear and answer my prayers.
St Jude Thank you for all the assistance you have provided over the years. I thank you. Please continue to hear and answer my prayers.
St Jude Thank you please hear my prayers and help me get back on my feet.
St Jude Thank you for all you have helped me with Please hear and answer my prayers help me so I can continue to help my family.
St. Jude, please cure my darling wife's terminal brain cancer.
St. Jude please hear my prayers. Please let my dad start to feel better. Also, my new job is not going well after 2 months. please either let things get better quick or if this is not the job i was meant to be happy in, let the job that I was come quickly. Please hear my prayers. I am in desperation.
St Jude thank you with all my heart for all you have done for me and my family. Please hear and answer my prayers, let me find the one break I seek.
Dear St. Jude, Thank you again for coming to my aid and helping me during dark times. I always turn to your when I am down you pick me up. I am so thankful!
St Jude Thank you for all you have and continue to do for me and my family.
I want to propagate St. Jude’s prayer. St. Jude is invoked in desperation and is the patron saint of desperate cases. He has never failed me, and words cannot articulate my gratitude for his incessant support.
St. Jude, thank you for you unceasing and unbroken intercession. Never have you failed me, and through taxing times you continue to amaze me. Most recently, I truly appreciate your help after surgery- the healing process has been remarkable and rapid! Please continue to help me during the recovery process, healing properly each day with no complications.
Thank you, God, for answering my prayer. Thank you, St Jude, for hearing my prayers, shining your light on me and interceding on my behalf. St Jude, pray for me and all who invoke your aid!
Thank you St Jude for your help and answered prayers. Always my special and powerful patron. Please grant us ur plea. Amen.
St . Jude Thank You for on the 9th day of praying a Novena to You for relationship healing between myself and the man I love, for communication, love, prayer, faith, hope....on the 9th day he has messaged me and we talked. He expressed his emotions, thoughts, anxieties, fears, and I haven't heard from him in a long time and you helped me to communicate.
I Thank You St Jude.
I continue to pray St. Jude for healing of our relationship. That we may not walk away, but take that second chance to see I love him, am opened up, am communicating.
I Pray that we may love eachother, through love for God first, and may we be inspired through the prayers from our friends, family, and people all around the world who are praying in hope for our relationship to work out.
St. Jude I Pray dearly...please interceed
St. Jude, thank you for your help. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
St Jude thank you for all you have and continue to do for me and my family. Please hear my prayers and help me find the means to get back on my feet.