Fidelity to the mission...

After the Last Supper it was Jude who asked Our Lord why He chose 

to reveal Himself only to the disciples and not the world. He received the reply:

 

 Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

- John 14: 23 (Today's Communion Antiphon)

 

 

Missionaries of Charity ~Home for the dying - Khaligat ~ Calcutta, India

 

"The more lively the Eucharistic

faith of the people of God,

the deeper is its sharing in ecclesial life

in steadfast commitment to the mission

entrusted by Christ to His disciples."

 

Sacramentum Caritatis, 6

 

 

Sts Simon and Jude

Apostles, Martyrs (approx 65 AD)

St. Jude: patron saint of hospital workers,

desperate situations, and impossible causes.

Click here: St. Jude Novena

St. Simon: patron saint of sawyers and tanners.

FEAST DAY - October 28

 

 

"Just as Christ was sent by the Father, so also He sent the apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit. This He did so that, by preaching the gospel to every creature (cf. Mark 16:15), they might proclaim that the Son of God, by His death and resurrection, had freed us from the power of Satan (cf. Acts 26:18) and from death, and brought us into the kingdom of His Father" ~ Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

 

 

Almighty God, You chose Your servants Simon and Jude to be numbered 

 among the glorious company of the Apostles. As they were faithful

and zealous in their mission, so may we with ardent devotion 

make known the love and mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives

and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Sts. Simon and Jude, pray for us!