Saint Jude, known as Thaddeus, was the brother of Saint James the less and a relative of Jesus. He is the author of an Epistle to the Eastern Churches. It is said that he preached the gospel in Palestine. Both Saint Simon and Saint Jude were martyred in the 1st century.
The following is a
collection of prayers that I have found to be inspirational and very
beautiful.
I am hoping that you will find them the same and use them
often. Later, on these pages, I will give you the sources of these
prayers and let you know where you might acquire a copy of the prayer
books or manuals. More beautiful preyers will be added to this
collection as time allows so check back from time to time and see
what has been added.
Holy St. 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
depth of my heart and humbly beg, to whom God has such great power to
come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent position, in turn
I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked.
Publication must be promised.
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Novena must be said for 9 consecutive days.Make copies of this novena and give it to your
friends. Their lives and their souls will be much closer to our Lord through honoring it.
Learn more about Saint Jude. Ask your priest for information and
books about this most Holy Saint.
Our Lady Said: "The
moment has come in which God asks the Holy Father to make, in union
with all the bishops of the world, the consecration of Russia to My
Immaculate Heart, promising to save it by this means.
"The approbation of such revelations implies
nothing more than, after mature examination, it is permissible to
publish them for the unit of the faithful. Though they don't merit
the same credence as the truths of religion, one can, however,
believe them out of human faith, conforming to the rules of prudence
by which they are probable, and supported by sufficient motives that
one might believe in them piously.
The 14th of June 1303, at the moment Bridget was
born, Benedict the curate of Rasbo, prayed for the happy deliverance
of Ingeborde. Suddenly he found himself enveloped by a luminous cloud
out of which Our Lady appeared:
These Prayers and these Promises have been copied
from a book printed in Toulouse in 1740 and published by the P.
Adrien Parvilliers of the Company of Jesus, Apostolic Missionary of
the Holy Land, with approbation, permission and recommendation to
distribute them.
Parents and teachers who will read them to young
infants for at least one year will assure their being preserved for
life from any grave accident which would invoke the loss of one of
their five senses.
Pope Pius IX took cognizance of these Prayers with
the prologue; he approved them May 31, 1862, recognizing them as true
and for the good of souls.
The sentence of Pope Pius IX has been confirmed by
the realization of the promises by all persons who have recited the
prayers and by numerous supernatural facts by which God wanted to
make known their exact truth. A collection of small books, these
prayers amoung them, was approved by the Great Congress of Malines on
August 22, 1863.
Question - Must one recite the Prayers everyday without interruption to obtain the privileges?
Answer - One should miss saying them as few times
as possible; but if for a serious reason one is obliged to miss them,
one doesn't lose the privileges attached to them, as long as one
recites 5480 Prayers during the year. One must say them with devotion
and concentrate on the words one pronounces.
Visitors to the Church of St. Paul at Rome
can see the crucifix above the Tabernacle in the Blessed Sacrament
Chapel, sculptured by Pierre Cavallini, before which St. Bridget
knelt when she received these 15 Prayers from Our Lord. The following
inscription is placed in the Church to commemorate the event:
Anno Jubilei MCCCL." St. Bridger for a long time wanted to
know the number of blows Our Lord received during His Passion, He one
day appeared to her and said: " I received 5480 blows on my body. If
you wish to honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail
Marys with the following Prayers (which He taught her) for a whole
year. When the year is up, you will have honored each one of my
wounds."
Our Lord made the following promises to anyone
who recited the 15 St. Bridget Prayers for a whole year.
1. I will deliver 15 souls of his lineage from
Purgatory.
2. 15 souls of his lineage will be confirmed and
preserved in grace.
3. 15 sinners of his lineage will be
converted.
4. Whoever recites these Prayers will attain the
first degree of perfection.
5. 15 days before his death I will give him my
Precious Body in order that he may escape eternal starvation; I will
give him My Precious Blood to drink lest he thirst eternally.
6. 15 days before his death he will feel a deep
contrition for all his sins and will have a perfect knowledge of
them.
7. I will place before him the sign of my
Victorious Cross for his help and defense against the attacks of his
enemies.
8. Before his death I shall come with My Dearest
Beloved Mother.
9. I shall graciously receive his soul, and will
lead it into eternal joys.
10. And having led it there I shall give him a
special draught from the fountain fo My Deity, something I will not
for those who have not recited My Prayers.
11. Let it be known that whoever may have been
living in a state of mortal sin for 30 years, but who will recite
devoutly, or have the intention to recite these Prayers, the Lord
will forgive him all his sins.
12. I shall protect him from strong temptations.
13. I shall preserve and guard his 5 senses.
14. I shall preserve him from a sudden death.
15. His soul will be delivered from eternal death.
16. He will obtain all he asks for from God and
the Blessed Virgin.
17. If he has lived all his life doing his own
will and he is to die the next day, his life will be
prolonged.
18. Every time one recites these Prayers he gains
100 days indulgence.
19. He is assured of being joined to the Supreme
Choir of Angels.
20. Whoever teaches these Prayers to another will
have continuous joy and merit which will endure eternally.
21. There where these Prayers are being said or
will be said in the future God is present with His grace.
Our Father - Hail Mary. ( say both prayers completely)
O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to those who love Thee, joy surpassing all joy and all desire, Salvation and Hope of all sinners, Who hast proved that Thou hast no greater desire than to be among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of time for the love of men, recall all the sufferings Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy conception, and especially during Thy Passion, as it was decreed and ordained from all eternity in the Divine Plan.
Remember, O Lord, that during the Last Supper with Thy disciples, having washed their feet, Thou gavest them Thy Most Precious Body and Blood , and while at the same time Thou didst sweetly console them, Thou didst foretell them Thy coming Passion.
Remember the sadness and bitterness which Thou
didst experience in Thy Soul as Thou Thyself bore witness saying: "My
Soul is sorrowful even unto death."
Remember all the fear, anguish and pain that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body before the torment of the Crucifixion, when, after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood, Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple, arrested by the people of a nation Thou hadst chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged by three judges during the flower of Thy youth and during the solemn Paschal season.
Remember that Thou wast despoiled of Thy garments and clothed in those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes were veiled, that Thou wast buffeted, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy Hands, that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed with affronts and outraged.
In memory of all these pains and sufferings which
Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross, grant me before my
death true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy
satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! True liberty of angels, Paradise
of delights, remember the horror and sadness which Thou didst endure
when Thy enemies, like furious lions, surrounded Thee, and by
thousands of insults, spits, blows, lacerations, and other
unheard-of-cruelties, tormented Thee at will. In consideration of
these torments and insulting words, I beseech Thee, O my Saviour, to
deliver me from all my enemies, visible and invisible, and to bring
me, under Thy protection, to the perfection of eternal salvation.
Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. ( say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Creator of Heaven and earth Whom
nothing can encompass or limit, Thou Who dost enfold and hold all
under Thy Loving power, remember the very bitter pain Thou didst
suffer when the Jews nailed Thy Sacred Hands and Feet to the Cross by
blow after blow with big blunt nails, and not finding Thee in a
pitable enough state to satisfy their rage, they enlarged Thy Wounds,
and added pain to pain, and with indescribable cruelty streched Thy
Body on the Cross, pulled Thee from all sides, thus dislocating thy
limbs. I beg of Thee, O Jesus, by the memory of this most Loving
suffering of the Cross, to grant me the grace to fear Thee and to
love Thee. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Heavenly Physician, raised aloft on the Cross to heal our wounds with Thine, remember the bruises which Thou didst suffer and the weakness of all Thy Members which were distended to such a degree that never was there pain like unto Thine. From the crown of Thy Head to the Soles of Thy Feet there was not one spot on Thy Body that was not in torment, and yet, forgetting all thy sufferings, Thou didst not cease to pray to Thy Heavenly Father for Thy enemies, saying: " Father forgive them for they know not what they do."
Through This greatMercy, and in memory of this
suffering, grant that the remembrance of Thy Most Bitter Passion may
effect in us a perfect contrition and the remission of all our sins.
Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Mirror of eternal Splendor, remember the sadness which Thou experienced, when contemplating in the light of Thy Divinity the predestination of those who would be saved by the merits of Thy Sacred Passion, Thou didst see at the same time, the great multitude of reprobates who would be damned for their sins, and Thou didst complain bitterly of those hopeless lost and unfortunate sinners.
Through this abyss of compassion and pity, and
especially through the goodness which Thou displayed to the good
thief when Thou saidst to him: "This day, thou shalt be with Me in
Paradise." I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, that at the hour of my
death, Thou wilt show me mercy. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Beloved and most desirable King, remember the grief Thou didst suffer, when naked and like a common criminal, Thou was fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Thy relatives and friends abandoned Thee, except Thy Beloved Mother, Who remained close to Thee during Thy agony and whom Thou didst entrust to Thy faithful disciple when Thou saidst to Mary: "Woman, behold thy son!" And to St. John: " Son, behold thy Mother!"
I beg of Thee O my Saviour, by the sword of sorrow
which pierced the soul of Thy Holy Mother, to have compassion on me
in all my affliction tribulations, both corporal and spiritual, and
to assist me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my
death. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Inexhaustible Fountain of
compassion, Who by a profound gesture of Love, said from the Cross: "
I thirst!" suffered from the thirst for the salvation of the human
race. I beg of Thee O my Saviour, to inflame in our hearts the desire
to tend toward perfection in all our acts: and to extinguish in us
the concupiscence of the flesh and the ardor of worldly desires.
Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. ( say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Sweetness of hearts, delight of
the spirit, by the bitterness of the vinegar and gail which Thou
didst taste on the Cross for love of us, grant us the grace to
receive worthily Thy Precious Body and Blood during our life and at
the hour of our death, that they may serve as a remedy and
consolation for our souls. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Royal Virtue, Joy of the mind, recall the pain Thou didst endure when plunged in an ocean of bitterness at the approach of death, insulted, outraged by the Jews, Thou didst cry out in a loud voice that Thou was abandoned by Thy Father, saying: " My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
Through this anguish, I beg of Thee, O my Saviour,
not to abandon me in the terrors and pain of my death. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Who art the beginning and end of
all things, life and virture, remember that for our sakes Thou was
plunged in an abyss of suffering from the soles of Thy Feet to the
crown of Thy Head. In consideration of the enormity of Thy Wounds,
teach me to keep, through pure love, Thy Commandments, whose way is
wide and easy for those who love Thee. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Deep abyss of mercy, I beg of
Thee, in memory of Thy Wounds which penetrated to the very marrow of
Thy Bones and to the depth of Thy being, to draw me, a miserable
sinner, overwhelmed by my offenses, away from sin and to hide me from
Thy Face justly irritated against me, hide me in Thy Wounds, until
Thy anger and just indignation shall have passed away. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. ( say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Mirror of Truth, symble of unity, link of Charity, remember the multitude of wounds with which Thou was covered from head to foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Thy adorable Blood.
O Great and Universal Pain which Thou didst
suffer in Thy virginal Flesh for Love of us! Sweetest Jesus! What is
there That Thou couldst have done for us which Thou hast not done!
May the fruit of Thy sufferings be renewed in my soul by the faithful
remembrance of thy Passion, and may Thy Love increase in my heart
each day, until I see Thee in eternity, Thou Who art the treasury of
every real good and every joy, which I beg Thee to grant me, O
Sweetest Jesus, in Heaven. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. (say both prayers completely)
O Jesus! Strong Lion, Immortal and
Invincible King, remember the pain which Thou didst endure when all
Thy strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted, Thou
didst bow Thy Head, saying: " It is consummated!" Through this
anguish and grief, I beg of Thee Lord Jesus, To have mercy on me at
the hour of my death when my mind will be greatly troubled and my
soul will be in anguish. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. ( say both prayers completely )
O Jesus! Only Son of the Father, Splendor
and Figure of His Substance, remember the simple and humble
recommendation Thou didst make of Thy Soul to Thy Eternal Father,
saying: " Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit! " And with Thy
Body all torn, and Thy Heart broken, and the bowels of Thy Mercy open
to redeem us, Thou didst expire. By this Precious Death, I beg of
Thee O King of Saints, comfort me and help me to resist the devil,
the flesh and the world, so that being dead to the world, I may live
for Thee alone. I beg of Thee at the hour of my death to receive me,
a pilgrim and an exile returning to Thee. Amen.
Our Father - Hail Mary. ( say both prayers completely )
O Jesus! True and fruitful Vine! Remember the abundant outpouring of Blood which Thou didst so generously shed from Thy Sacred Body as juice from grapes in a wine press.
From Thy Side, pierced with a lance by soldiers, blood and water issued forth until there was not left in Thy Body a single drop, and finally, like a bundle of myrrh lifted to the top of the Cross Thy delicate Flesh was destroyed, the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up.
Through this bitter Passion and through the
outpouring of Thy Precious Blood, I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, To
receive my soul when I am in my death agony. Amen.
O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart so that my
tears of penitence and love will be my bread day and night; may I be
converted entirely to Thee, may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation,
may my conversation be pleasing to Thee, and may the end of my life
be so praiseworthy that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints,
praise Thee forever. Amen.
O St. Joseph whose protection is so great,
so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my
interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful
intercession and obtain for me from your Devine Son all spiritual
blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here
below your Heavenly power I may offer thanksgiving and Homage to the
most loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you
and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while He reposes
near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me,
and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my last breath.
St.
Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen.
This prayer to Saint Joseph was found in the
fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1500's it was sent by the
Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle.
Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or
carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor will
poison take effect on them. They will not fall into the hands of the
enemy nor be burned in any fire, nor will they be defeated in
battle.
A letter written by the Blessed Virgin Mary to the City of Messina where St. Paul, the Apostle preached the gosple, which has been preserved in the Reliquary of the great altar.
IMary Virgin,
servent of God, very humble Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God, The
Almighty and Eternity, to all who are in Messina, health and
benediction in our Lord. You have learned by the ambassadors who have
been sent to you You received the gospel and you acknowledged that
the Son of God has become man and has suffered the passion and death
for the salvation of the world, and that He is Christ and also the
true Messiah. I beseech you to preserve, promising to you, and all
your posterity, to assist you in the presence of My Son. "
There once was a Pope in Rome who was
surrounded by many sins. The Lord God struck him with a fatal
illness. When he saw that he was dying he summoned Cardinals, Bishops
and learned persons and said to them: " My dear friends! What comfort
can can you give me now that I must die, and when I deserve eternal
damnation for my sins?" No one answered him. One of them, a pious
curate named John said: "Father, why do you doubt the Mercy of God?"
The Pope replied: "What comfort can you give me now that I must die
and fear thatI'll be damned for my sins?" John replied: "I'll read
three prayers over you, I hope you'll be comforted and that you'll
obtain Mercy from God." The Pope was unable to say more. The curate
and all those present knelt and said an Our Father, then the
following prayers:
Lord Jesus Christ!Thou Son of God and Son
of the Virgin Mary, God and Man, Thou who in fear sweated blood for
us on the Mount of Olives in order to bring peace, and to offer Thy
Most Holy Death to God Thy Heavenly Father for the salvation of this
dying person (name the person
you pray for) If it be however, that by his
sins he merits eternal damnation, then may it be deflected from him.
This, O Eternal Father through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Dear Son,
Who liveth and reigneth in union with The Holy Spirit now and
forever.Amen.
2. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who meekly died on
the trunk of the Cross for us, submitting Thy Will completely to Thy
Heavenly Father in order to bring peace and to offer Thu most Holy
Death to Thy Heavenly Father in order to free … (this person)… and to
hide from him what he has earned with his sins; grant this O Eternal
Father! Through Our Lord Jesus Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
Thee in union with the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen.
3. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who remained silent
to speak through the mouths of the Prophets: I have drawn Thee to me
through Eternal Love, which Love drew Thee from Heaven into the body
of The Virgin, which Love drew Thee from the body of The Virgin into
the valley of this needful world, which Love kept Thee 33 years in
this world, and as a sign of Great Love, Thou hast given Thy Holy
Body as True Food and Thy Holy Blood as True Drink, as a sign of
Great Love, Thou hast consented to be a prisoner and to be led from
one judge to another and as a sign of Great Love Thou hast consented
to be condemned to death, and hast consented to die and to be buried
and truly risen, and appeared to Thy Holy Mother and all the Holy
Apostles, and as a sign of Great Love Thou hast ascended, under Thy
own Strength and Power, and sitteth at the Right Hand of God Thy
Heavenly Father, and Thou has sent Thy Holy Spirit into the hearts of
Thy Apostles and the hearts of all who hope and believe in Thee.
Through Thy Sign of Eternal Love, open Heaven today and take this
dying person…(name the person)… and all his sins into the Realm of
Thy Heavenly Father, that he may reign with Thee now and forever.
Amen.
Meanwhile the Pope died. The curate
persevered to the third hour, then the Pope appeared to him in body
and comforting him; his countenence as brilliant as the sun, his
cloths as white as snow, and he said: "My dear brother! Whereas I was
supposed to be a child of damnation I've become a child of happiness.
As you recited the firstPrayer many of my sins fell from me as rain
from Heaven, and as you recited the second Prayer I was purified, as
a goldsmith purifies gold in a hot fire. I was still further purified
as you recited the third Prayer. Then I saw Heaven open and the Lord
Jesus standing on the Right Hand of God The Father Who said to me:
"Come, all thy sins are forgiven thee, you'll be and remain in the
Realm of My Farther forever. Amen."
With these words my soul separated from my body and the Angels of God led it to Eternal Joy.
As the curate heard this he said: "O Holy
Father! I can't tell these things to anyone, for they won't believe
me." Then the Pope said: "Truly I tell thee, The Angels of God stands
with me and has written the Prayers in letters of gold for the
consolement of all sinners. If a person had committed all the sins in
the world, but that the three Prayers shall have been read (over him)
at his end (death), all his sins will be forgiven him, even though
his soul was supposed to suffer until the last judgement, it will be
redeemed (freed).
The person who hears them read, he won't
die an unhappy death, also in whose house they will be read. Therefor
take these Prayers and carry them into St. Peter's Basilica and lay
them in the Chapel named the Assumption of Mary, for certain
consolation. The person who will be near death, who reads them or
hears them read gains 400 years indulgence for the days he was
supposed to suffer in purgatory because of his guilt. Also who reads
this Prayer or hears it read, the hour of his death shall be revealed
to him. Amen!
O My God, I am heartily sorry for all my
sins because of them I deserve the eternal pains of hell, but most of
all because I have offended Thee my God Who art all-good and
deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace
to confess my sins, to do penance, to avoid the proximate occasion of
sin and never to sin anymore. Amen.
Eternal Father we humbly offer Thee our
poor presence and that of the whole of humanity from the beginning to
the end of the world at all Masses that ever have or ever will be
prayed. We offer Thee all the pains, suffering, prayers, sacrifices,
joys and relaxations of our lives, in union with those of our Dear
Lord Jesus here on earth. May the Most Precious Blood of Christ, all
His Blood and Wounds and Agony save us, through the Sorrowful and
Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen! (this prayer should be prayed daily and made
known.)
Dear St. Philomena pray for us for that purity of mind and heart which leads to the Perfect Love of God!
God must be pursued and the more you chase Him the more you catch Him (Maimonedes)
1. The Mass is Calvary continued.
2. Every Mass is worth as much as the sacrifice of our Lord's Life, sufferings and death.
3. Holy Mass is the most powerful atonment for your sins.
4. At the hour of death the Masses you have heard will be your greatest consolation.
5. Every mass will go with you to judgement and plead for pardon.
6. At Mass you can diminish more or less temporal punishment due to your sins, according to your fervor.
7. Assisting devoutly at Holy Mass you render to theSacred Humanity of Our Lord the greatest homage
8. He supplies for many of your negligences and omissions.
9. He forgives the venial sins which you have not confessed. The power of Satan over you is diminished.
10. You afford the souls in Purgatory the greatest possible relief.
11. One Mass heard during life will be of more benefit to you than many heard for you after your death.
12. You are preserved from dangers and misfortunes which otherwise might have befallen you. You shorten your purgatory.
13. Every Mass wins for you a higher degree of glory in Heaven
14. You receive the priest's blessing which Our Lord ratifies in Heaven.
15. You kneel amidst a multitude of holy angels, who are present at the adorable Sacrifice with reverential awe.
16. You are blessed in your temporal goods and affairs