Pray for impossible causes: Novena to St Jude
Let St Jude take your impossible and hopeless causes to the Lord as we pray to him for nine days leading up to his feast on 28th October.
The Novena
St Jude is known as the patron of hopeless, impossible, or lost causes. For nine days, leading up to his feast 28th October, receive the following:
🙏 A daily novena prayer for an impossible cause
🙇 A commitment to make to grow in holiness
😩 A prayer for help in time of need
Who was St Jude?
St Jude is famous as being the patron saint of lost causes, but on earth, he was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles. In Scripture, he is known sometimes as Thaddeus (Matthew and Mark), sometimes as Judas but not Judas Iscariot (in Luke and John).
He is often associated with the Jude mentioned who is a close relative of Jesus (the Aramaic word used is often translated as 'brother' but can refer to a cousin or another close relative, and we know that Mary remained ever-virgin so Jude was not her son). He may also be the writer of the Epistle of Jude in the New Testament. His feast is celebrated on 28th October alongside St Simon, another Apostle who may have been his companion in death.
Leave your Prayer Intention
Before starting the novena, leave your prayer intention others will pray for.
Find out more...
This novena comes from the Catholic Truth Society booklet Devotions to St Jude where you can learn more about St Jude and discover various prayers to him for different intentions, two novenas, a litany, and more.