Wyatt North - The Life and Prayers of Saint Jude the Apostle

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Also known as Saint Jude Thaddeous, Saint Jude is known as the most powerful Patron Saint of Desperate Cases. Christians turn to Saint Jude for hope in what often seem like hopeless circumstances. Whether it an illness in the family, a dissolving marriage, or financial struggles, Saint Jude answers our calls when we are at our darkest hour.

God rewarded Saint Jude with the incredible power to help the desperate. Saint Jude is a true friend, who we can look to when feeling hopeless and alone.

During a time in our world when resources are few and families find themselves in desperate times, calls to Saint Jude are louder than ever.

The new Quick Facts section in The Life and Prayers collection provides the reader with a collection of facts about each saint!

Born:

1st century AD, Roman Province of Galilee

Died:

1st century AD, Roman Province of Syria

Feast:

October 28 (Western Christianity)

June 19 (Eastern Christianity)

Attributes:

Axe, club, boat, oar, medallion

The Apostle, Saint Jude Thaddeus, is known as the most powerful Patron Saint of Desperate Cases. Not to be confused with Judas Iscariot, another disciple, and the betrayer of Jesus, Saint Jude is sometimes referred to as the brother of Jesus.

Christian individuals turn to Saint Jude for hope in what often seem like hopeless circumstances. Whether it an illness in the family, a dissolving marriage, or financial struggles, Saint Jude answers our calls when we are at our darkest hour.

God rewarded Saint Jude with the incredible power to help the desperate. Saint Jude is a true friend, who we can look to when feeling hopeless and alone.

During a time in our world when resources are few and families find themselves in desperate times, calls to Saint Jude are louder than ever.

The tradition and life of Saint Jude is more than just a story in history. Saint Judes life and devotion reflect a great power among all Christians. This is the power to overcome obstacles and times that seem hopeless. Christians can turn to faith to triumph impossible odds and find light in the darkest of places.

To explore the life of Saint Jude, we can turn to the Gospel, Narratio de Imagine Edessena, the writings of Eusebius, The Contendings of the Apostles, The Golden Legend , The Doctrine of Addai , Acts of Thaddaeus , and many other helpful sources.

There is quite a dearth of information regarding the early life of Jude. Nevertheless, the various sources provide only a few tidbits about his early life. Jude tells his audience when he is preaching to them in Edessa that he is originally from the city Paneas, later named Caesarea Philippi, located along the Jordan River. This may have been the city of Judes birth, since the gospel of Matthew (13:55) suggests that he grew up in Nazareth, since the locals know him and his family by name.

So it was there, in Paneas, that Cleophas and Mary (of Cleophas) gave birth to two of the Churchs most prominent saints, James and Jude. As a young man, Jude married a woman named Mary and they had at least one child together. His wife and child/children are mysteriously absent from any of the stories of his later life.

Some scholars speculate that his wife may have been one of the women mentioned in connection with Jesus ministry at various points in the Gospels, but nothing definitive is known.

A strict biographical book about Saint Jude would be short indeed. Instead, below the reader will find an outline of stories that makeup the life of Saint Jude.

The story of Saint Jude and Ananias appears in the Narratio de Imagine Edessena , which is often attributed to Constantine Porphyrogenitus. describe a wonderful story of Jesus, with some foreshadowing imagery of Judes attempts to spread the word of his miracles.

As the story goes, one day while Jude was listening to Jesus teaching and watching him perform his many miracles, a letter carrier from Syria named Ananias was passing through on his way to Egypt. Ananias took note of Jesus and his disciples and the wonderful work in which they were engaged, but he knew he would be getting himself into trouble if he stayed to investigate further when he was supposed to be delivering a message to Egypt. So Ananias asked Jude briefly about Jesus ministry and where he might find them in the coming months. Jude answered his questions and Ananias continued on his journey to Egypt.

It wasnt until a few months later that Jude saw Ananias again. The latter had completed his mission to Egypt and now was off the clock. He could converse much more freely with Jude without interfering with his work. Ananias had seen in Jesus the possibility of his own career advancement. His king, Abgar, whom he served, was a very sick man and his present quality of life was very poor. Ananias asked Jude at length about the types of diseases that Jesus had healed, and watched Jesus heal others with his own eyes. Once he was convinced that Jesus was the real deal and not a sham, he said good day to his new friend Jude and enquired again as to their whereabouts in the coming months.

Months passed and Jude gave little thought to his newfound friend from the north. During those months, back in Edessa, Ananias had approached King Abgar with news of Jesus, his healing ministry and also the Jews who opposed him. When Abgar heard about the way the Jews had been treating Jesus and their plots against him, he called for his army to be assembled so that they could destroy the Jews who opposed Jesus. His advisor quickly pulled him aside and reminded him gently that they were now under Roman rule and he had signed a peace treaty with Emperor Tiberius that would forbid any such action. Abgar was frustrated, but knew that his initial instinct was rash and that his advisor was right. He spent some time formulating a new plan, bouncing it off his various advisors, before he decided on the best course of action. He would write a letter to this Jesus and send it with Ananias asking for Jesus to come to Syria. Because Ananias was well-known for his skill in painting, he would also ask Ananias to paint a likeness of Jesus in case he was delayed.