"JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"
ST. JUDE'S FEAST OCTOBER 29TH 2020
Day 1
O blessed Apostle St. Jude, who labored zealously among the Gentiles in many lands, and performed numerous miracles in needy and despairing cases, we invoke you to take special interest in us and our needs. We feel that you understand is in a particular way. Hear our prayers and our petitions and plead our cause in all our necessities especially... (your petition). May we be patient in learning God's holy will and courageous in carrying it out. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 2
O blessed Apostle St. Jude, who have been instrumental in gathering us together here this day, grant that we always serve Jesus Christ as He deserves, giving of our best efforts in living as He wishes us to. May we dispose our hearts and minds that God will always be inclined to listen to our prayers and petitions which we ask you to plead our cause in our necessities especially... (your petition here). Grant that we may be enlightened as to what is best for us, in the present and future, but not forgetting the blessings we received in the past. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 3
O holy St. Jude, Apostle of Jesus Christ, you who have so faithfully and devotedly helped to spread His Gospel of Light, we who are gathered together today in your honor, ask and petition you to remember us and our needs. Especially as we pray for....may it also please our Lord to lend an ear to your supplications on our behalf. Grant that we may ever pray with fervor and devotion, resigning ourselves humbly to the divine will, seeing God's purpose in all our trials and knowing that He will leave no sincere prayer unanswered in some way. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 4
Saint blessed Jude, you were called to be one of Christ's chosen Apostles and labored to bring men to a knowledge and love of God; listen with compassion to those gathered together to honor you and ask your intercession. In this troubled world of ours, we have many trials, difficulties and temptations. Plead for us in the heavenly court, that our petitions may be answered, especially... may it please God to answer our prayers in the way He knows best, giving us grace to see His purpose in all things. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 5
O holy St. Jude, Apostle and companion of Christ Jesus, you have shown us by example how to live a life of zeal and devotion. We humbly entreat you today to hear our prayers and petitions. Especially we do ask you to obtain for us the following favor... Grant that in praying for present and future favors, we may not forget the innumerable ones granted in the past, but often return to give thanks. Humbly we resign ourselves to God's holy will, knowing that He alone knows what is best for us in our present needs and necessities. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 6
St. Jude, Apostle of Christ and helper in despairing cases, hear the prayers and petitions of those who are gathered together in your honor. In all our needs and desires may we only seek what is pleasing to God and what is best for our salvation. These, our petitions we submit to you...asking you to obtain them for us, if they are for the good of our souls. We are resigned to God's Holy will in all things, knowing that He will leave no sincere prayer unanswered in some way though it may be in a way unexpected by us. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 7
O holy Apostle St. Jude. In whose honor we are gathered today, may we never forget that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ chose you to be one of 12 Apostles. Because of this and the martyrdom you suffered for the Faith, we know you are a close friend of Almighty God. Therefore, we do not hesitate to petition you in our necessities... especially we humbly submit ourselves to the will of God, knowing full well that no sincere prayer is ever left unanswered. May we see God's good and gracious purpose working in all our trials. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 8
O holy St. Jude, Apostle of Christ, pray that we may ever imitate the Divine Master and live according to His will. May we cooperate with the grace of God and ever remain pleasing in His sight. Especially do we ask you to plead for us and obtain whatsoever is necessary for our salvation. Forget not our special petitions... may we always be thankful to God for the blessings we have received in the past. Whatsoever we ask for in the present or future, we submit to the divine will, realizing that God knows best what is good for us. We know He will respond to our prayers and petitions in one way or another. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!
Day 9
O holy St. Jude, Apostle and martyr, grant that we may so dispose our lives that we may always be pleasing to God. In working out our salvation in this life we have many needs and necessities. Today we turn to you, asking you to intercede for us and obtain for us the favors we ask of God. Especially do we petition for... May we not so much seek temporal good but rather what will avail our souls, knowing that it will profit us nothing if we gain the whole world yet suffer the loss of our soul. Therefore, may we incline ourselves toward the divine will, seeing God's good and gracious purpose in our trials. St. Jude pray for us. Amen!