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)
"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.
St. Simon: patron saint of sawyers and tanners.
Feast Day - October 28
PHOTO: Missionaries of Charity ~Home for the dying - Khaligat ~ Calcutta, India
"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!
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