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| St. Jude
Thaddaeus |
| Patron of
desperate cases |
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| Feast
Day: October 28 |
| St.
Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a
relative of Our Saviour. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the
Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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