VENERATION OF THE MAJOR RELIC

Come experience the power and intercession of the "Apostle of the Impossible," Saint Jude—patron of hopeless causes. This major relic consists of arm bones of Saint Jude, released by the Holy See for a special tour of the United States, organized by Treasures of the Church.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 at SAINTS JOHN & PAUL CHURCH
2586 Wexford Bayne Road, Sewickley PA 15143  |  (724) 935-2104
• Public veneration will begin at 1:00 PM
• Special Mass celebrated in Saint Jude's honor at 6:00 PM
• Public veneration ends at 10:00 PM

Saint Jude is revered for his unwavering dedication and steadfast faith. Millions have experienced his intercession in times of adversity. The Holy See has also issued a plenary indulgence available to all pilgrims who venerate Saint Jude’s relics during this historic tour.
 

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SAINT JUDE NOVENA PRAYER
 

Most Holy Apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, great in virtue and source of hope in time of despair, intercede for me in my special request.
 

[Add personal intention]

Through your intercession, Saint Jude, please help me to always be open to the calming presence of God. Help me to remember how important my forgiveness toward others can be—for their peace as well as for mine. Thank you, Saint Jude, patron of impossible causes, for being a source of deep hope and for bringing my petitions to God. 

Saint Jude, pray for those who invoke your aid.  Amen.

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ABOUT SAINT JUDE

Who is this Saint Jude who inspires such confidence and devotion, this saint to whom so many persons turn for help today?

Saint Jude—one of the Twelve Apostles and brother of James the Less—is a mysterious figure in many ways. He moves in and out of the gospel story as a quiet background figure—almost as if he were deliberately seeking to submerge his own personality in that of Christ rather than draw any attention to himself. This very obscurity is one of the reasons why he remained unknown and forgotten for so many centuries.

Yet over the span of time since the life and death of Jesus and his Apostles, a considerable amount of tradition and legend has been built up around the life of Saint Jude, and historians are able to piece together many fragments of information to give at least an understandable picture of this great saint.

As a cousin of Jesus, Jude must have been born and raised very near the Lord. They both lived in or about Nazareth (Mark 6:3). Although we do not know which of them was born first, they must have been about the same age. Both of them very likely played together in the house of Joseph or Alphaeus; both went frequently to synagogue services with their parents; both of them opened up to Life, to the beauty of the Galilean fields, to the song of the birds, to the emotions of adolescence. Jesus, we are told, grew in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and His people (Luke 2:52). His humanity unfolded in the inner light that led him to an immense love and respect for his heavenly Father. Jude must have been a witness to this perfectly human growth of Jesus.
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