In Honor of Saint Jude

Vancouver's Shrine in honour of St, Jude origionally began as a small parish in May 1944 centering around a little wooden church on Renfrew Street.Devotion to this special saint grew steadily over the years and many accounts of prayers answered have been recorded in the hearts of our parishioners. Eventually, the parish was designated an official Shrine of St. Jude in 1960 and a large modern church built only four years later.

The year 1989, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the building of the new church and these years have seen a tremendous growth in devotion to our patron saint.During our jubille celebrations, the church and Shrine were renovated and now we have a beautiful new Shrine Chapel which contains relics of St. Jude from his tomb in Rome.
Devotion to St. Jude has become part of Vancouver's spiritual life for many years and as pastor, I encourage your devotion and your enthusiasm in spreading knowledge of this Patron of Difficult and Desperate Cases.We ask St. Jude to pray for us and our needs as he remains close to Jesus the Risen Lord through Whom all good things come.We also, as devotees of St. Jude, invite you to visit the Shrine, spend time in prayer and assist at our weekly Novena Mass every Wednesday evening.

This holy apostle bears the surname "Thaddeus" (meaning amiable or loving), which distinguishes him from Judas Iscariot, the traitor. Besides the apostle James tje Less, Jude had two other brothers, who togather with himself are called the "brethern" of Jesus, which in Hebrew signifies a near relationship.It is believed his father was Cleophas who was probably a brother to St. Joseph.Because of his fearless confession of the Resurrection of Christ, Cleophas was put to death by the Jews and thus won the crown of martyrdom.The mother of our apostle was Mary of Cleophas, possibly a cousin of the Blessed Virgin, who with Mary stood by the Cross of Jesus on Calvary.
St. Jude is shown, traditionally, as creeying the image of Jesus in his hand.This represents, according to tradition, our principal source of knowledge of the saint, the imprint of the Divine Contenance that was entrusted to him by Our Lord.The circumstances were these: King Abagaro of Edessa, who suffered from leprosy, sent word to Jesus asking Him to come and cure him.With his request, we are told, the king sent an artist to return with a picture of the Master.

Impressed with his great faith, Our Lord pressed His image on a cloth and gave it to St. Jude to bring to the King of Edessa and cure him.The king was cured by St. Jude and together with most of his subjects was converted to Christianity.

After the death and resurrection of Jesus, St. Jude travelled throughout Mesopotamia for a period of ten years preaching and converting many to Christianity.

He probably returned to Jerusalem for the Council of the Apostles and then, he and St Simon visited Libya and Persia where many more converts were made.

St. Jude died a martyr's death.Tradition tells us that he was clubbed, possibly to insensibility, and his head was then shattered with a broad axe.Sometime after his death, St. Jude's body was brought to Rome and placed in a crypt under the principal altar of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Paul III, in a brief dated September 22, 1548, granted a plenary indulgence to all who visited his tomb on his feast day which is celebrated on October 28.

A favorite way of invoking St. Jude is through novenas.A novena is a devotion performed for nine consecutive days or nine other consecutive periods.To make a novina, one should go to Confession, assist at Mass and receive Holy Communion.One should also have great confidence in God and in the intercession of the Saint in whose honour the Novena is said.

O GLORIOUS APOSTLE, ST. JUDE THADDEUS, true kinsman of Jesus and Mary, I salute you through the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.Through this Heart O praise and thank God for all the graces He has bestowed upon you.Humbly, I implore you ti look down upon me with compassion.Oh, despise not my poor prayer; let not my trust be confounded.To you God has granted the privilege of aiding mankind in the mostdesperate cases.

Oh, come to my aid that I may praise the mercies of God.All my life I will be grateful to you and will be your faithful friend until I can thank you forever in Heaven. Amen.

Blessed Apostle with confidence we invoke your aid.
St. Jude help of the hopeless, aid me in my distress.

PRAY FOR US that we, before death, may expiate all our sins by sincere repentance and the worthy reception of the holy Sacraments.
PRAY FOR US that we may lead a life worthy of our baptism.
PRAY FOR US that we may be admitted into the company of the blessed to rejoice in the presence of our God forever.

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 Church honours and invokes you universally as the patron of difficult and desperate cases.Pray for me who am so miserable.Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of.Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of Heaven in all my sufferings particularly...( here make your personal requests )...and that I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout all eternity.
St. Jude, pray for us and for all who honour you and invoke your aid and intercede for us at the throne of God.

(Now say the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be)

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick, we turn to you in this time of illness.O dearest Comforter of the Troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with Your gentle love and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden.Dear God, we place our worries in Your hands.We place our sick under your care and humbly ask that You restore Your servent ( Name... ) to health again.Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge Your Holy Will and know that whatsoever You do, You do for the love of us.Amen.

It was revealed to St. Gertrude that it is a source of great joy to the saints when we praise and thank God for the graces and privileges He has bestowed upon them.Devotees of St. Jude should recite the following act of thanksgiving frequently.

O most Sweet Lord Jesus Christ, in union with the unutterable praise with which the Most Holy Trinity extols Itself and which thence flows upon Yoursacred humanity, upon Mary, upon all the angels and saints, I praise, glorify and bless You for all the graces and privileges You have bestowed upon Your chosen apostle and intimate friend, Jude Thaddeus.I implore You for the sake of his merits, grant me Your grace, and through his intercession come to my aid in all my needs, but especially at the hour of death degin to strengthen me against the rage of my enemies.Amen.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God The Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God The Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
St. Jude, relative of Jesus and Mary, pray for us
St Jude, while on earth deemed worthy to see Jesus and Mary and to enjoy Their company, pray for us.
St. Jude, raised to the dignity of an apostle, pray for us.
St. Jude, honoured in beholding the Divine Master humble Himself to wash your feet, pray for us.
St. Jude, who at the Last Supper received the Holy Eucharist from the Hands of Jseus, pray for us.
St. Jude, who after the profound grief which the death of your beloved Master caused you, had the consolation of beholdibg Him risen from the dead, and of assisting at His glorious Ascension, pray for us.
St. Jude, filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, pray for us.
St. Jude, who preached the Gospel in Persia, pray for us.
St. Jude, who converted many people to the faith, pray for us.
St. Jude, who performed wonderful miracles in the power of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
St. Jude, who restored an idolatrous king to health of both soul and body, pray for us.
St. Jude, who imposed silence on demons and confounded their oracles, pray for us.
St. Jude, who foretold to a weak prince an honourable peace with his powerful enemy, pray for us.
St. Jude, Who, disregarding the threats of the impious, courageously preached the doctrine of Christ, pray for us.
St. Jude, who gloriously suffered martyrdom for the love of your Divine Master, pray for us.
Blessed Apostle, with confidence we invoke you! (Say this three times)
St. Jude, help of the hopeless, aid me in my distress! (Say this three times)
That by your intercession, both priests and people of the Church may obtain an ardent zeal for the Faith of Jesus Christ, hear us, we pray you.
That you would defend our Sovereign Pontiff and obtain peace and unity for the Church, hear us, we pray you.
That all heathens and unbelievers may be converted to the true Faith, hear us we pray.
That faith, hope and charity may increase in our hearts, hear us, we pray you.
That we may be delivered from evil thoughts and from the snares of the devil, hear us, we pray you.
That you would deign to aid and protect all those who honour you, hearus, we pray you.
That you would preserve us from all sin and from all occasions of sin, hear us, we pray you.
That you would defend us at the hour of death against the fury of the devil and of all evil spirits, hear us, we pray you.
Pray for us, that before death we may expiate all our sins by sincere repentance and the worthy reception of the Holy Sacranebts, hear us, we pray you.
Pray for us, that we may appease the divine justice and obtain a favorable judgement, hear us, we pray you.
Pray for us, that we may be admitted into the company of the blessed to rejoice in the presence of our God forever, heae us, we pray you.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

The Vancouver Shrine of St. Jude B.C., Canada
3078 Renfrew Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V5M 3K6
Canada

Sanctuaire Sainte'Jude
10, 120 Avenue d'Auteil, Ahuntsic
Montreal, Quebec H3L 2K1
Canada

National Shrine of St. Jude
221 West Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606
U.S.A.

Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus
(Dominican Fathers)
2390 Bush Street
San Francisco, California 94115
U.S.A.

St. Jude's Shrine
Nationwide Center of St. Jude's Devotions
309 N. Paca Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1896
U.S.A.

1. BY SENDING YOUR PETITIONS any time with the request that they may be placed at the Shrine Altar and prayed for during the Novena
2. IF YOU DESIRE A NOVENA of votive lights to be burned before the Shrine during the Novena, send a contribution and this will be done for you.
3. BY ATTENDING THE PERPETUAL NOVENA on Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm, (or if you cannot attend, say the Novena at home.)
4. BY LETTING US KNOW if you would like to be enrolled at the Shrine.

Here are more of my favorite sites:
Bible Stories for Children
Official Site of the Vatican
The Vienna Choir
Songs of Praise
Christian Midi Music Index
John Bell's Christian Art Gallery
Central Association of the Miraculous Medal

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