St.Jude Thaddaeus
Feast Day October 28

Patron of desperate situations, forgotten causes, impossible causes, and lost causes (among others)

Often a Marian Mantle Group member feels it is impossible for a situation to change.  To expect a prodigal loved one to soften their heart and begin to make the journey back to the Faith may seem like a lost cause.  To help restore peace to our hearts, we remind ourselves of the angel's message to Mary, "With God all things are possible."  We may also ask St Jude's prayerful intercession for us.  We strive to remember the frequent reports  from members of seemingly impossible situations that did change.  Then we gain the strength to persevere in prayer for as long as it takes.

Who Was St Jude?

Son of Cleophas, who died a martyr, and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross, and who annointed Christ’s body after death. Brother of Saint James the Lesser. Nephew of Mary and Joseph; blood relative of Jesus Christ

Tradition says his patronage of lost or impossible causes arose from the confusion of many early Christians as they tried to distinguish Jude and the traitor Judas Iscariot; thus, they never prayed for Jude’s help, and devotion to him became something of a lost cause during that time.

Prayer in Time of Trials

St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me who am so miserable. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly -- (here make your request) -- and that I may praise God with you and all the elect throughout all eternity. St. Jude, pray for us and for all who honor and invoke your aid. Amen

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Prayer to St. Jude Thaddeus
for a Special Favor

O glorious Apostle St. Jude Thaddeus, true lover of Jesus and Mary, I greet thee through the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Through this Heart I praise and thank God for all the graces He has bestowed upon thee. Humbly prostrate before thee, I implore thee, through this Heart, to look down upon me with compassion. Despise not my poor prayers; let not my trust be confounded; to thee God has granted the privilege of aiding mankind in the most desperate cases. O come to my aid, that I may praise the mercies of God! All my life I will be grateful to thee and will be thy faithful client, until I can thank thee in Heaven. Amen.”