On
Sunday, October 20, 2013 I will be praying a Novena To Saint Jude the
Apostle, which will end on the feast day of Saint Jude and Saint
Simon, on October 28.
Saint
Jude is the patron of lost or desperate causes, and several reasons
are given for this patronage. The first, is that early Christians
often confused him with the traitor Judas, and as a result of the
confusion between the names, never prayed to him, and devotion to him
became something of a lost cause. The second comes from his Epistle
where he stressed that the faithful should persevere in the harsh and
desperate environment faced by Christians in those times. You can
read more about Saint Jude in a post I made several years ago here.
Certainly
all of us have faced or are facing desperate events in our lives, and
many are facing desperate situations, be it of a personal nature, or
a moral or political nature in our communities and nations.
During
this novena the prayers for each day will be posted here on "Favorite
Prayers and Scripture". Please join with me in praying this
Novena to Saint Jude, Apostle, and relative of Joseph and Mary, and
of Our Lord and Savior. You can go the comments area of this blog,
and leave your intentions if you'd like.
