October 28: ST. JUDE: The Apostle of Last Resort

St. Jude was one of Jesus's original twelve apostles — and for centuries, Catholics were too afraid of his name to pray to him.

Present at the Last Supper and at Pentecost, Jude preached the Gospel from Judea all the way to Persia before he was martyred for his faith. Because his name sounded too close to Judas's, Christians avoided praying to him for centuries — until people in truly desperate situations began calling on him anyway, and he became known as the patron of hopeless causes.

"Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"

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