Our
Patron Saint

St.
Jude Thaddeus
Patron Saint of Lost Causes
For
more information on the life and works of St. Jude Thaddeus, here are
just a few of the many websites:
St.
Jude League
Catholic
Online Saints
Catholic
Forum
A
couple of prayers to Saint Jude:
Most
holy Apostle St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name
of the traitor who delivered the beloved Master into the hands of His
enemies has caused you to be forgotten by many, but the Church honors
and invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases, of things
despaired of. Pray for me who am so miserable; make use, I implore you,
of this particular privilege accorded to you, to bring visible and speedy
help, where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this
great need, that I may receive the consolations and succor of Heaven
in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here
make your request), and that I may bless God with you and all the elect
forever.
I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great
favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special and powerful
patron and to do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. Amen.
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 true
Church invokes you universally as the Patron of things despaired of;
pray for me, that finally I may receive the consolations and the succor
of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly
(here make your request), and that I may bless God with the Elect throughout
Eternity. Amen.