Prayer to St. Jude
Most Holy Apostle St. Jude Thaddeus, faithful servant and
friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor who delivered your beloved Master into
the hands of the enemies 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 needy; make use, I implore you of that particular privilege accorded to you
to bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired. Come to my assistance in this great need that
I may receive the consolations and succor of heaven in all my necessities,
tribulations, and sufferings particularly (here mention your petition) and that
I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout eternity. I promise you, O blessed Jude to be ever
mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special
and powerful patron and to do all in my power to encourage devotion to
you. Amen.