Prayer to Saint Jude Thaddeus, saint of lost or impossible causes, to ask for a miracle

Saint Jude Thaddeus He is the patron saint of difficult causes or impossible causes.

For this reason, without a doubt, he is one of the saints to whom the faithful turn most when they need to ask. help and assistance in extreme times difficulty.

St. Jude Thaddeus appears last on the list twelve Apostlesaccording to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark.

The Gospel of John, meanwhile, clarifies it it’s not about it of Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus Christ.

What is the prayer to Saint Jude Thaddeus for help in difficult situations?

Who was Saint Jude Thaddeus?

Little is known about Saint Jude Thadeus. In fact, it is not known exactly where the nickname comes from. Taddeothey explain from ACI Press, the Catholic news site.

And they clarify that it is believed to come from Aramaic “taddà”which means “chest” and would therefore mean “magnanimous”; or what perhaps it arose from the abbreviation of a Greek name such as “Theodore, Theodotus.”

Saint Jude Thaddeus is usually represented with a medallion on his chest depicting the face of Christ. From the portal they claim that this is due to similar Not only physicist but also spiritual with Jesus.

He also carries a flame of fire on his head because he has received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Saint Jude Thaddeus preached first in Judea, then went to Mesopotamia and finally to Persia.

There he met the apostle Saint Simon and together they fought the heresies of Zaroes and Arfexat, two pagan priests who revolted the people against the works of the apostles, writes the Catholic agency.

It is believed that before he died Saint Jude looked at Saint Simon and told him that he saw the Lord calling them to him. According to ancient tradition, Saint Simon was killed by cutting his body and Saint Judas Thaddeus in two They cut off his head with an axe.

Both received together crown of martyrdom and this is why the Church celebrates them on the same day. His relics are found on an altar in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

With some importance during the Last Supper, there is little information about life after the Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit.

So much so that that devotion is linked to an episode narrated by Saint Bridget of Sweden, patroness of Europe, in her Revelations, in 1492.

She wrote that Jesus recommended that when she wanted to obtain certain favors, she asked for them through Saint Jude Thaddeus.

For this reason, as we have said, the Catholic tradition venerates him as the saint of difficult and desperate causes.

His feast is celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgy onwards October 28although popularly the day is usually remembered 28th of each month.