Don’t Mess with St. Jude
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by Richard Poe Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:06 am Eastern Time |
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ST. JUDE is the patron saint of lost or desperate causes. You pray to St. Jude when you have nowhere else to turn. You pray to him when you are trying to do the impossible. You pray to him when all the odds are against you. That’s where I am now. That’s why I’m praying to St. Jude.
In the past, I never would have written an article like this. My pride would have prevented me. In the past, I would have prayed first, then decided what to write later. I would have waited for the results of my prayers. If the results pleased me, then yes, I might have written something about them. But if the results displeased me, I would have kept silent.
In effect, I was bargaining with St. Jude. I was trying to make him a deal. “Answer my prayers, and I will give you free publicity,” I was telling the saint. “But, if you don’t answer my prayers, you’ll get nothing from me.”
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St. Jude places a special requirement on his devotees. When you pray to him, you are supposed to publish the results. You are supposed to tell people what happened. |
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It’s natural for people to bargain. But bargaining doesn’t work with St. Jude. He’s not a businessman, and he doesn’t need your business.
What St. Jude requires is loyalty, devotion and obedience, with heavy emphasis on the word obedience. St. Jude places a special requirement on his devotees. When you pray to him, you are supposed to publish the results. You are supposed to tell people what happened. You are supposed to tell them what the saint did for you. There are all sorts of ways to spread the word about St. Jude. You can do it the old-fashioned way, by word of mouth, or you can post messages on the Internet. But, one way or the other, you must spread the word. In so doing, you inspire others to pray to St. Jude. At least that’s the theory.
If I have learned one lesson, after nine years of praying to St. Jude, it is this: You cannot bargain with this saint. You cannot sit in judgment over him. It is not our place to judge whether St. Jude has answered our prayers to our satisfaction. When we pray to St. Jude, we must publish the results, whether we like them or not.
| READ ABOUT MY NINE-YEAR JOURNEY WITH ST. JUDE |
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With this article, I am going one step further. I am announcing my novena to St. Jude in advance, before I have even finished it. This is the fifth day of my novena. There are four days to go. I have no idea how St. Jude will answer my prayers. I have no way of knowing if he will answer them at all. I do not know if my life will be better or worse when this novena is done. I do not know if my path will be clear or whether it will remain hidden from me. But whatever happens, I will announce the results on this blog.
I am praying for a nine-day miracle. I am praying for a turnaround in my fortunes. I am praying that my little publishing company Heraklid Inc. will succeed, and that I will earn enough money from my books to get back on my feet. And I am praying that St. Jude will make crystal clear, by the ninth day of this novena, whether or not he has chosen to grant my petition.
Whatever happens on the ninth day, I will announce it on this blog, even if it seems like bad news. I will trust that St. Jude has his own good reasons for doing what he does, even when I don’t understand his reasons. And I hope and pray that, whatever happens to me and my wife, and to our struggling little company, be it good or ill, that our story may serve to instruct and help others.
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Thank you! Saint Jude! Saint of miracles and “big” / “urgent” needs;
I will witness your miracles through day and night, although I am only on my day 3 of the prayers… You are renowned for being a miracle worker…This is my first time in my life I began a petition with Saint Jude. I had experienced Saint Expedite a few times, the results were amazing and unbelievable….with Saint Jude, because my case seems so hopeless, as I asked the child who ran away from home and his violin-study about a year ago to come home; He lives with a false friend and turns out to be a street boy… I have been miserable ever since….I beg Saint Jude to send him back to his family (his mother and sister), and let him realize the value of education /study.
In times, we often are so afraid of miracles, as we hardly would believe them, and thus pray for them.
Faith creates such a system, in which you just keep praying until something happens…It requires trust, patience, and non-resistance…especially with no expectation. This may sound contradictory, but it is the truth I have learnt from experiences… For example, I was so expecting the package to be delivered tomorrow by UPS, as they sent out the notification email regarding the delivery…I was so excited to receive this anticipated package…and even had a bit of fantasy…but guess what, all of sudden, UPS changed the delivery time, because I will have another package coming in two days later… they tried to save the trip…and so they decided to combine them to be delivered on the same day;
How many times did we expect something to happen, it didn’t happen, or even it did, it was not exactly in your expected time or space…but it will happen !!! Just be patient and keep praying until something happens. Meanwhile, take a sip and keep going on with your study / work / life. Do not even think about it. Let Saint / God take care of your need; Just keep Praying and praying hard, and then get busy with whichever you are doing in life.
“Thank you St. Jude for answering my prayer. I called upon you to intercede with God for me to help Mike and me in marriage reconciliation. I prayed that you would ask God to answer my prayers. I will always be grateful and devoted to you.
“God, thank you for all the grace and favors which you have given me through the prayers of your Apostle St. Jude Thaddeus. You God are my savior and salvation. And I claim in every way that this blessing and building in my marriage is through your word.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved, throughout the world, now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude helper of Hopeless cases, pray for me and hear my prayer to save my marriage.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved, throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude helper of Hopeless cases, pray for me and hear my prayer to save my marriage.
I would like to thank St. Jude for helping with my prayer requests, no matter how small. Thank you for all you have done for me, St. Jude.
St Jude, I am currently on my sixth day of a Novena (3rd one to St. Jude in as many years), requesting intercession in my financial affairs, for my small business to prosper, such that I can get enough money to pay off my debts, and be able to provide for my family, and live a stress-free life, thus allowing me to worship and praise God freely. Whatever the outcome, I request my brothers and sisters in Christ to pray with me. Thank you, St. Jude, for even just listening, and for eventually granting my request.
I began a novena to St. Jude in October 2015 for a new job as my current one. At the time, did not pay enough to meet the mortgage and I was swamped with too much work. In November, I was called in to take the exam and I attended an initial interview. After that, I was called back for second interviews with three different departments and I received two job offers. These two departments were actually fighting over me! I finally accepted one because it was work that I did for another agency about 20 years ago. I loved that job and I’ve missed it so much over the years. St. Jude, thanks so much for restoring to me what I thought had been lost. I will now be able to pay my mortgage with no problems.
I have just started my novena to St. Jude yesterday and today is my 2nd day. I do not know if my prayers would be granted or not, but, through my strong faith, I am sure that I would get a positive response to my special request. Whatever the result would be, I will be grateful to share them with you. Pray pray pray…
I am posting this in the hope that St. Jude will answer my prayer. It truly does require a miracle! I will post here again if the prayer is answered.
St Jude can you answer my prayer tomorrow? It requires a miracle.
It was my 1st novena to St.Jude. I only told him this is my first novena to him and not to disappoint me. And, to my surprise, he heard me. Thank you very much. I will always praise you and spread your name among the people whom I know. Anything which is impossible is possible only by St. Jude. He is the hope of the hopeless. Just have faith in him that he will do miracles for you and yes he will do it. I have started a novena for my second miracle and it’s my 2ND DAY and I am sure he will aid me in my distress and give me an answer as I have prayed. Thank you St. Jude for your graces that you are bestowing on me. Amen.
Thank you, St. Jude, for answering my prayers when I thought the situation was impossible. Through your intervention, I have an amazing job, have saved a family member from addiction, cured a friend’s depression, and given me my faith back. You never let me down. Thank you.
Thank you St Jude for always helping me with all my needs and cries for help. Thank you for interceding with the Lord our God to help me on many many occasions and, without fail, helping me time and time again. When I prayed about my relationship, you helped me realise what was best for me. When I struggled with exams, you helped make sure that I’ll pass them, even though I was so behind in my studies. When I was weak, you prayed to the Heavenly Father to make me strong. You interceded when I needed a job to help my family and I’m so grateful for this opportunity. I pray that you will also intercede to help my dear friend and partner recover from his surgery. I’m scared, but it gives me comfort to know that God is always with him and me every step of the way. I know I am a sinner who is undeserving of some of the miracles you’ve helped make happen for me. Please ask the Lord our God to forgive me. Tell him I’m sorry, especially for lacking in my faith. Although I come as a sinner, please ask God to heal my partner and may he send forth his Holy Spirit to be with him in this crucial time of need. I ask this prayer through Christ our Lord, Amen.
I sincerely thank St. Jude Thaddeus for having done a miracle in my life. I am awaiting a complete one now. Once it is done, I will definitely share the testimony with full story.
Thank you LORD and thank you Jude Thaddeus.
I have received a lot of favour from St. Jude while I was studying. St. Jude’s blessings helped me through my exams. But dear St. Jude, I am desperately seeking your help again, to get back my ex. I have prayed a novena. Please bless us again.
I am on day 3 of my Novena with Saint Jude. I am not sure what is going to happen, but things are looking positive and I have a lot of faith. Last night, St Jude answered on my prayers. Thank you, St Jude. I am grateful. I am hoping to have more answered by the end of the Novena and throughout the week. I have a lot of faith that things will work out as I want them to, with the help of St Jude and God. Thank you Saint Jude 🙂
I have been praying to St. Jude for over 8 months now. I have been asking for him to answer my petition by praying daily to him and, since January, have had novenas said every nine days at St. Jude’s shrine in California. Some weeks I think we are getting someplace and other weeks (like the last two) I have continually tumbled backwards. I am getting very anxious and feel even more hopeless, but there is something that keeps telling me not to give up. I believe and have thought about ending my prayers several times but I know that if I pray and if I believe, St. Jude may eventually answer me. I have not missed a day of prayer and try to remain positive. Please answer me St. Jude.
Im going to start my novena from tomorrow…I am really in need of a miracle, it’s related to my studies, exam results, college admission, my life depends on all this…I jar hope that St Jude listens to my prayers as im really in need of help…Dearest St Jude, plz intercede to Jesus Christ on my behalf, I’m the loving child of God, who is very down to earth and studies has always been very close to my heart but I don’t know what has happened to me in my 12th standard, I was distracted,all sorts of bad things have happened with me… Plz pray for me
Plz pray for me
I am on my 8th day of the St. Jude Novena. This is my second time around. The first time I did it I got a call back from a job interview. I was promised the job but due to politics and internal issues at the organization I did not get the job. Just recently I was made aware of the requirement of publishing what St. Jude has done for you. I firmly believe that because I did not do that, I did not get the job after all. On my second serious attempt of which I am in my 8th day, I am now feeling very dismayed and anxious. I know that St. Jude will answer my prayers when he sees fit and in due time. I trust that he will answer my prayers. St. Jude I thank you for interceding on my behalf.
I am so happy and grateful for St. Jude to help me pass all my classes successfully this Spring semester in medical school.
ive been a devotee of st jude for almost 10yrs now..he never ever failed me in my prayers..i have been even cured of my Hepatitis B (hbv dna not detected) even without taking any medications..St jude pray for us! i am now praying for my younger brother who has liver cancer..i believe in you!
In my university, the semester assessment had two components that added up to the final grade of 100. One is the semester course work made up of quizzes and take home assignments which added up to 40 and the other the final exam which carried 60 marks. My continuous assessment was less than 40. Around 18/40, I think. During exam, we had five questions from which to chose any three. I was only able to answer a subquestion, 5(b) and another full question, question 1. I provide partial answers and each question was worth 20 marks. Practically answering three should give 60. Answering one full question and a subquestion should practically add up to 30 assuming the answers were perfect – my answers were actually not perfect especially for question 1. I got an initial calculation wrong and yes, practically it was gonna affect the rest of my answer. It was an Economics paper. Assuming I made 25/60 in the exam, plus an 18/40 for class work, that should add up to 43. 50 is the pass mark. Assuming the professor was charitable in adding 10 marks that would’ve been 53. I prayed the Saint Jude Novena for 9 days during vacation seeking a B+ which is (75 – 80) and miraculously that’s what I had.
This prayer really works.
Saint Jude,
I pray to you today to ask you to please help fix my relationship with my ex boyfriend and bring him back to me full of love, hope and forgiveness, wanting to fix our relationship and remain together for life.
I pray for forgiveness as well, because I know I have not been the person I am meant to be, full of confidence and self esteem, but I have made major improvements and promise to continue doing so, educating myself and growing everyday and strengthening my connection with you and God.
I take responsibility of why our relationship has suffered and I’ve done my part to assure that will never happen again. I know that since I have matured and worked on myself, loving myself and being happy and thankful for everything I have eliminated our old problems from reoccurring. I now know that love and God are the most powerful things in existence, and when love in real, it is unbreakable and no one can get in between it in anyway. In my soul I honestly believe this is the man for me for the rest of my life, I could never look at or want another, he holds my heart, all of my attraction and is everything I want in a husband. I promise to communicate efficiently, trust him and his word, and to remain confident and full of self esteem to never let anyone or the idea of anyone get in the way of our trust and happiness. I will take care of him until he is my husband and I can take care of him and our children, raising them to have a strong connection with you and God.
Please lead him back to me and put us back on track to marriage where we can rebuild our relationship to be even more full of love, happiness, trust and fun than we even knew before. I promise to publicize any outcome of your aid in every form I can to spread the word of you and everything you’ve done for me. I will pray to you everyday and be thankful for the rest of my life until I have the chance to thank you and God in Heaven. I trust in You, Saint Jude, and God to bring my ex boyfriend and I back together and to allow us to raise a family honoring you and God.
Thank you for everything you have done for me, my family and everyone else who has come to you in need. I will continue to honor as my special Saint and pray to you every day and night and I truly trust in you and my soul feels warm with the excitement of being reconnected with my ex boyfriend and our love.
Thank you, Saint Jude.
I have prayed to our most holy apostle St. Jude and he has answered my prayers. I give thanks to him and everything that he has done for me. I will forever honor him as my most powerful patron saint. Praise to him and his guidance.
I have been praying to St. Jude for years now. I will admit that once prayers are answered I Thank him and move on. I have to learn that he is always there for me so I need to always be there for him because he still continues to do his work even when my prayers are answered.
I’m praying to him hard this time because I need peace in my life. My son is spiraling and needs to be touched by the hands of the Lord before my son gets lost.
I see things happening.. slowly. But they are happening. I will continue to pray, Thank him and give donations. I believe he performs miracles and will always trust and be patient as I know my prayers do get answered. My son and I will be at peace.
Almost a decade ago, I knew St. Jude Thaddeus in a very unexpected way. I used to stayed in a girls dormitory during college days where everyone is talking about this Saint, attended the mass novena every Thursday and praying for all their special requests to him. I got curious, i became a follower and learned about St. Jude’s life and miracles. I can’t remember all the things I prayed those days when everything seems so light as a student, I prayed for good grades and survive my college life. It was all granted.” I also prayed for someone who I haven’t meet yet”, Praying for that one special guy; i even told St. Jude that im willing to wait not that urgent because it’s not yet my priority as a young age. Yes I did, but not really devoted to this request. After so many years, I moved to another country for work and had some few shallow relationships which didn’t last… until 2014 I met this very special guy and knocks me off my feet though we had a long distance relationship ,we fell in love and had so many beautiful memories together. The circumstances didn’t alllow us to continue, we broke -up weeks after my birthday trip in his country. Im really DEVASTATED, crying myself to sleep and so lost. One day St. Jude crossed my mind and i started to pray the novena again. Everyday Im praying and hoping that St. Jude might help me to fix our relationship and enlighten my path. I still couldn’t believe that after 5 months of waiting and without contact, exactly Christmas week I got the best gift.. we started with the greetings, chatting and calling, keeping in touch again. Im so thankful St. Jude for the little hope you’ve given me, our situation is getting tougher these days but it’s a sign for me that St. Jude is doing something for us.. he heard my heart’s desire. Nowadays im still feeling sad because i felt that St. Jude might get tired of listening to my endless daily drama but today is different. I want to start all over again, after reading all the testimonies on this page something whisper to my ears, I shouldn’t give up, Honestly, I really prayed that we will be back together. It might takes more time but for sure something is about to happen on the right time… Just like how St. Jude answered my prayer remember?: (” I also prayed for someone who I haven’t meet yet) after few years ago. I met him. I will forever believe in a miracle. The power of prayers. I want to publish my story and tell everyone that we have to trust and believe even in the most hopeless cases. On my 5th day novena today, I will claim it! St. JUDE will get me through all the pains im dealing right now for a reason and according to God’s plan. My dearest friends who is reading this; Just Keep praying, believe and answers will arrive soon. I promise, In Jesus name.
St. Jude PRAY FOR US!
St. Jude is powerful and amazing. I am praying that he unites me with someone that I met and we were both really into each other but she pulled back. I can feel that she is my soulmate and I do not want to lose her. I know that St. Jude is going to come through for me, I feel it. So, I thank you St. Jude in advance and I encourage others to invoke you and honor you. Today is only the 1st day of my 9 day novena but already I received 3 short but nice text messages from her when yesterday I thought things were bleak and impossible. I feel good today.
I will be back on the 9th day to publish my results good or bad. No matter what I will keep praying to St. Jude. May he aid all of us who prayer to him. Thank you!
THANK YOU SAINT JUDE for sending me kind, loving, trustworthy, honest person to help me share the rental of my house. THANK YOU SAIN JUDE for allowing me to receive financial assistance, thank you for helping me, amen
St. Jude’s Novena
“May the Sacred Heart of Jesus
be Adored, Glorified, Loved & Preserved
through-out the world, now & forever.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.
Saint Jude, Worker of miracles, pray for us.
Saint Jude, Helper of the Hopeless, pray for us.”
Say the prayer 8 times a day for 9 days.
It has never been known to fail.
Publication must be promised.
Saint Jude, I pray to you today to thank you for your help and assistance in my time of desperation and need. I have been praying to you daily to pray to God to intercede on my ex boyfriend’s mind, heart and soul to guide him back to me full of love, forgiveness, trust and hope for our future, at the time both you and God see fit when we were both ready to reunite. After over a month of no contact and being blocked by him, my ex boyfriend has spoken to me and is interested in seeing me in person. I am so thankful for this step in the right direction. I truly believe this is the man for me that I want to marry and start a family with that I will raise to pray and honor you and God everyday. Every time I pray I tell God I trust in him and you Saint Jude and the path I am on and I remain full of hope for my ex boyfriend and I being able to rebuild our relationship to be even better and full of more love for each other and God and trust than ever before. I am looking forward to seeing the next steps lay out and I am thankful for all you’ve done. I will continue to pray to and honor you until my petition is fully answered and my ex boyfriend and I are back together and back on the track to marriage. Then, I will pray to you in thanks everyday and spread the word of you as my special and powerful Paton and your help in all means I know possible. I will never stop improving myself and my connection to you and God. Thank you Saint Jude and thank you God for all you have done for me, I am so thankful and excited to get my man back when you and God think the time is right. Amen.
Thank you Saint Jude for giving me strength in my time of need. I know my prayers and petitions to our Lord will be answered as you have interceded on my behalf.
NOVENA TO ST. JUDE – EXAMPLE 4 (pray for 9 days straight)
Taken from: http://www.drstandley.com/guidance_StJude4.shtml
This prayer asks that you promise to publish the prayer afterward in order to share with others.
Begin by reciting the prayer:
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 honors and invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases, and of things despaired of. Pray for me who am so distressed. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded 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 succor of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly….
(Make your request here.)
and that I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout eternity. St. Jude, apostle, martyr, and relative of our Lord Jesus Christ, of Mary, and of Joseph, intercede for us! Amen.
Recite the appropriate prayer for each of the 9 days.
DAY ONE
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 us in a particular way. Hear our prayers and our petitions and plead for us in all our necessities especially…
(Make your request here.)
May we be patient in learning God’s holy will and courageous in carrying it out.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY TWO
O blessed apostle Jude, who has been instrumental in gathering us here together this day, grant that we may always serve Jesus Christ as he deserves to be served, giving of our best efforts in living as he wishes us to live. May we dispose our hearts and minds that God will always be inclined to listen to our prayers and petitions, especially those petitions which we entrust to your care and for which we as you to plead for us…
(Make your request here.)
Grant that we may be enlightened as to what is best for us, in the present and future, not forgetting the blessings we have received in the past.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY THREE
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 do we pray for…
(Make your request here.)
May it also please our Lord to lend an ear to your supplications in 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.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY FOUR
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, asking that our petitions may be answered, especially the particular one we have in mind at this moment…
(Make your request here.)
May it please God to answer our prayers in the way that he knows best, giving us grace to see his purpose in all things.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY FIVE
O holy St. Jude, apostle and companion of Christ Jesus, you have shown us by example how to lead a life of zeal and devotion. We humbly entreat you today to hear our prayers and petitions. Especially do we ask you to obtain for us the following favor…
(Make your request here.)
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 especially in our present needs and necessities.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY SIX
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…
(Make your request here.)
we submit to you, asking you to obtain them for us, if they are for the good of out 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.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY SEVEN
O holy apostle Saint 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 twelve apostles. Because of this and of 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…
(Make your request here.)
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.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY EIGHT
O holy Saint 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…
(Make your request here.)
May we always be thankful to God for the blessings we have received in the past. Whatsoever we ask for 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.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY NINE
O holy Saint 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…
(Make your request here.)
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 all our trials.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
I prayed to St. Jude for the love of my life to find our way back to each other. I prayed for 9 days. Well, we still haven’t found our way back to each other but i was surprised when i woke up on the 9th day of the novena and noticed that St. Jude and God already took away a lot of pain that i was feeling that time. My petitions are sort of complicated, they would really require a lot of time for me to see the answers to my prayers but i am hoping that the love of my life will come back to me when we’re ready and more mature for the relationship. Thank you St. Jude for removing a lot of pain, for helping me make it through.
My special and powerful patron for life, Saint Jude, I pray to you to please help restore my relationship with Drew. I know down to my core he is the only man I want and has my heart, my trust and all of my love. Please pray for us, Saint Jude, that he may return to me with love, forgiveness and the want to rebuild our relationship to be stronger and more loving and trusting they’ve we’ve ever known. I want to marry Drew and have a family who I will raise to honor God and you every day. I promise to spread the word of your help and encourage others to follow you in all means I know how. I will pray to you in thanks every day for the rest of my life. Please intercede on Drew’s heart, mind, body and spirit and guide him back to me. I love him in the purest way and I am ready to be the best partner I can be. I have learned a lot in our time apart and have improved myself and my mindset tremendously. I know I am ready and I pray to you that Drew will also be ready to come back to me and experience our new life together. I pray he does not have to move far for work, but if he does I pray I am able to join him in whatever city he is moved to. I cannot wait to be back with my love, we are now perfect for each other and I will never let him forget that. Amen.
I pray to St. Jude almost daily for an ongoing situation that is as yet unresolved. Along the way there have been times when I have needed urgent help (today is one of those times) and he has not let me down. Thank you St. Jude for all of your help and I pray that you intercede to The Lord on my behalf in this current situation.
I failed St. Jude but he did not fail me. I did a Novena for the first time in my life a few years ago re a difficult dispute I had had with my neighbor. We even went to lawsuit, but after praying to St. Jude, my neighbor and I settled with a mutually beneficial agreement that even the attorneys involved were surprised at the outcome which benefitted both sides. St. Jude answered my prayers, but not having been familiar with St. Jude, I acknowledged within the wonderful outcome he provided me, and I always acknowledged inwardly what he did, but I failed to praise him to others or to inform others about St. Jude. I am again facing a difficult circumstance and am praying to St. Jude this time again. This time I am much more cognizant about honoring Him appropriately with His Intervention and Help, and I intend to honor him going forward and fixing my mistake.
I thank St. Jude for answering my prayer and for an outcome that astounded even the attorneys involved. Thank you, St. Jude, for your blessings. Amen.
I am starting a St. Jude novena for tomorrow. I need the holy apostle’s powerful help to clear my debts in college. I do not know what help I may receive but I believe that through St. Jude, my novena will definitely be answered, in God’s own divine way. I encourage everyone in desperate situations to pray to St. Jude, and to glorify God and the holy Apostle St. Jude Thaddeus for his powers of intercession.
I came to know about St.Jude novena from my grandfather.Since then I have been praying to St.Jude in the most desperate situations.St.Jude has answered me for all my prayers.I strongly believe that St.Jude will stay with me to overcome the difficulties I go through now and that he will do only what is good for me and what I deserve.
I am on the 7 th day of my novena to St Jude to seek His intercession so that my daughter and her husband will be able to reconcile their marriage.
I have also been fasting since I started the novena as well as dedicated 4 masses to St Jude at my local parish church for blessings.
I have faith that my prayers will be granted. St Jude has granted my wishes before and I am confident that He will not let me down this time. Just this afternoon while I was on Face Time with my daughter, my son- in- law just returned home from work. Instead of feeling angry for the way he treated my daughter, I found myself saying hi to him and asking him if he had a good day at work. I was really quite surprised at myself for being able to behave so warmly towards him. Possibly my unexpected gesture of warmth may have some effect on him? I will continue to pray the novena with faith and gratitude and report on the result after the ninth day. St Jude, pray for us.
On my 9th day of novena..prayed to St Jude everyday to bring my girlfriend back to me..yesterday (8th day) I bumped into her and spoke briefly and then spoke later that day on phone for 2 hours..thank you St Jude for guiding me and I continue my prayer to you that our relationship will build from here..St Jude please guide M back into my life..thank you and love you St Jude
I’ve been praying to St. Jude Thaddeus for quite a while now, o was never much of a believer growing up. On February I got myself into some deep problems. It were my own decisions that lead me into them, the problems were never hurtful to any one person. The people that oppose me are trying to make an example of me, no one was hurt, or any damage was done. I confess to doing the deed, and as the saying goes “may the truth set you free” I told the truth and told on myself. This led to me getting myself into deep trouble. I started praying to St Jude back in February did a novena or two, and St Jude had helped me stay calm and get me through my suffering within. I sort of stopped doing novenas but still had faith in St Jude. During the weeks that followed my problems had risen again with other misfortunes happening with. I stopped little by little praying to St Jude or God cause I was think why is all this happening to me so I started fixing things but misfortunes kept happening to me. They stopped but I knew my biggest fight was still to come weeks later I was put on administration leave with pay from work cause of my problems. This day made me realized that even though misfortune had happen to me there was never really any major harm done that can’t be fix later on. Ive noticed that St Jude keeps protecting me or helping in any way possible. I started praying novenas to St Jude again because I’m getting closer to the final decisions of my problrms. I’m on my 2ND novena now and I feel like I’m hopeless and I know he is hearing my prayers, so I keep praying to him . I feel hopeless cause I have put so much faith and emotions to my prayers that I’ve put everything into the final decision. It has come to a point that I don’t have a life anymore cause I’m waiting for my prayers to come to pass. I have put my life on hold till the day I get my results back . I regret my first decision that led me into this, I wish I could my bad decision back . All I want know is to be a good man, and help the need , not an easy thing to do but willing to show that I’m not a bad person and that I’m not my past mistakes. St Jude please hear my prayers , thank you for what you have done in the past for me and thanks for the help you will give me even if it’s not what I’m expecting.
I had an almost impossible case. Me and my husband are working in the middle east when our long term dream of coming to US to work is nearing, we decided to go back to Philippines to process our papers. Everything went smoothly, until the day of the interview that we were refused until we provide something to the embassy. We thought it was the end of our dreams. We prayed really hard, everyday prayed the novena with my husband. Its almost impossible to get the visa. But on my last day (9th day) of novena, We received the visa approval. That fast! We were not expecting it because almost all the same cases as ours receive their visa minimum of 8 weeks after refusal. St. Jude interceded in our prayers. He is trully the patron saint of the hopeless. We will forever be grateful to him and to the Lord.
I am on Day 7 of my St Jude novena. I pray to him that he help me to navigate my way through a difficult stage in my relationship with a loved one. I pray and ask him for guidance in my actions. I pray that he will assist in achieving a resolution and a reconciliation. I pray for improved communications free of disagreements or quarrels and communication that comes from a place of love and tolerance. Though I know that the outcome may not be a reconciliation in the sense I desire, I pray that St Jude can allow us both to move amicably and with love and not anger or hostility.
I pray St Jude will intercede on my behalf.
Thank you for the blessings and grace you have bestowed on me.
Thank you very much St Jude for hearing my prayers all the times. When I start praying you I already know that you will answer my request in the best way!! Thanks again St Jude! I really wish that we build a strong friendship together !!
I started with my novena to St Jude 2 weeks ago to grant my petition and consider my case inorder for me to get my PR. Surprisingly after my 5 days of novena, my lawyer received a letter from the immigration considering my case. However, there is one hopeless case I need to go through at the moment regarding legal issues. And for the second time, my 3rd day of novena, I am humbly asking again St Jude to intercede for me regarding my hopeless case. Im a true believer of miracle. I know I have sinned in the past and still continuing and asking for repentance to God. But I will not lose hope, as long as I believe in God and the intercession of St Jude to grant my petition, I will always be thankful..
ST JUDE hear my prayers…
Thank you saint Jude for the beginnings of my miracle, I am truly thankful. I will forever be grateful and never give up on my faith. St Jude worker of miracles pray for us. Never give up your faith and belief in GOD, as he is never far away from you. Saint Jude angel of GOD, thank you, thank you, thank you.
St Jusd I ask you to please help me in this desperate time and bring back my soulmate and my beloved ex to me. I love her so much please help me. I have faith in you
This is my 2nd year of praying to St. Jude and i confess he has moved mountains for me.He answered me favourably when i had already given up on my petitions.Im onto yet another Novena and today will be day 1.Im full of faith and trust that my genuine request for marital restoration and reconciliation will be granted.I will pray for love,affection,care and warmth to come between me and my husband.I will pray for St. Jude to intercede on my behalf to Jesus Christ and God almighty so that communication between us resumes,the physical,emotional and spiritual barrier between us crumbles.St. Jude i humbly reach out to you to kindly put to an end the spiritual and emotional manipulation he’s going through and for him to be able to use his own sense of reasoning.May the blackmail being used about the child born out of wedlock reach a dead end so that my child finally gets her father back as the endless cries for him have worn me down.St. Jude i ask that you pray for my home and marriage to be whole again.I know i will be back with a wonderful testimony of a miracle from you.
Dear St.Jude, i had used ur novena as a child when I was in my 10th grade. I was a good student but i prayed to you for my exam results. And to this day I believe, you gave me those good results. I m thankful to you St.Jude.
After years I have again started your novena because now I m in need of a miracle.I know only you can do this.Oh great St. Jude please help me.I was on the 4 th day of novena when you have already answered me thus sealing my faith in you. Please give the other miracle that I most desperately want. I know you will.
My first Novena to St. Jude ended with the answers I was looking for, almost within minutes after finishing the last prayer. He is a miracle worker, and I am turning to him again in my time of need.
Praying this 9 hour novena to St. Jude today for a relationship breakthrough.
NOVENA TO ST. JUDE – EXAMPLE 1
(pray for 9 days or 9 hours straight)
To Saint Jude, Holy Saint Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse from the depths of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition, (state your specific request or intention here!)in return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Saint Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen.
Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father
I came across the name St. Jude Thaddeus maybe around 2011, I remember hearing from my manager how St. Jude helped him many times way back since college days. He would visit the National Shrine of Saint Jude Thaddeus in Manila whenever he needs to make a novena.
My wife and I had a rough time in 2014 when she prematurely gave birth to our second daughter. She was just 8 months old and stayed in the neonatal ICU for two weeks before she passed away on July 29 due to trisomy 18, a rare genetic disorder that has a 99% mortality rate. We were emotionally, financially and perhaps spiritually distressed.
Prior to my wife getting pregnant, we were saving to purchase our own house and lot. Something that we have been praying to God for many years.
After the tragedy, I asked God a lot of question, got mad and even get frustrated countless times to the point of thinking the unimaginable.
It was very painful to bury your own daughter, more so losing our dream of securing our own home and starting again from the beginning.
Last November 2015, I received an unexpected offer to work and live in Canada with my family.
My wife and I were extremely happy to hear about a great news.
We made the necessary preparations for the documents and other requirements and was astonished because help seems to have poured in.
I have worked as a Technical Support representative for AT&T for 8 years before resigning in 2014, I reviewed for a couple of months and took the IELTS examination last March 16, 2016 but it was not as easy as it seems.
For some reason, I almost blanked out during one part of the exam. The speaking test. It has the biggest chunk of score and somehow I manage to screw it up. I know in myself that if I was to give myself a score, I would be lucky to get a 5 point and it would be a miracle if I got a 6 points. I also failed to finish the writing part of the exam. 250 words was the minimum requirement and I did not even made it to 150 words. The examination fee was almost USD200, not to mention the pressure of going into another exam and waiting for another schedule.
In my desperation, I prayed and noticed a novena booklet to St. Jude that someone left in the church entrance the following day.
I am not really into novenas although I attend Eucharistic masses with my family on a regular basis.
I decided to give the novena to St. Jude a shot since it said that he was the patron saint of desperate and impossible cases.
I was not sure what was going to happen but I completed the 9 days Novena and made a promise to him that he will be the patron saint of my family as a way of thanks.
I received the IELTS exam result thru snail mail first week of April.
The results:
Listening: 7.0 Reading: 7.5 Writing: 6.5 Speaking: 7.0 Overall Score: 7.0
I wholeheartedly know that I would not have passed in one take if I have not prayed the novena to St. Jude. The required score to pass by the way is just 6.0
St. Jude Thaddeus is now my family’s patron saint.
Forgive me St. Jude for my late post.
Thanks Mr. Richard Poe for publishing “Don’t Mess with St. Jude”.
I am praying my novena to St. Jude to restore my broken relationship with my boyfriend. He claims he has lost feelings for me and now wants to begin a relationship with another woman. I know this is partly my fault because I am really negative and can be petty at times. I am saying my novena to St Jude in hopes that he heals and restores the love and peace in my relationship. I’ve only began saying it but I am hopeful.
I pray that St.Jude will intervene on my behalf