Who is the saint of hopeless causes




















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Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly —. There is a tradition which holds that after the resurrection, St. He eventually brought it to Edessa in present day Turkey. From there, he traveled into the area of Armenia.

The Armenian Rite traces its origins to St. Jude then preached the gospel in Mesopotamia where he was joined by St. From there, they did missionary work in Persia, where they suffered martyrdom.

Jude was beaten to death with a club; St. Simon was sawed into pieces. Their feast day is October 28 th. So why is St. Jude Thaddaeus the patron saint of desperate causes? The traditional reason is rather simple: When one hears the name Judas Latin and Greek or even Jude English , one immediately thinks of Judas Iscariot who betrayed our Lord.

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