October 28
Saints of the Day...and Events

St. Jude Thaddeus, Apostle of Jesus::
Apostle and cousin of Jesus, preached in Mesopotamia and Persia, died as a martyr beheaded, patronage of desperate situations
 
    Apostle of Jesus: Matthew 10:3,, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15, John 14:22, Acts 1:13
    The Bible says he is Son of Cleophas and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross, and who annointed Christ's body after death. Brother of Saint James the Lesser; nephew of Virgin Mary and St. Joseph; cousin of Jesus Christ, and reported to look a lot like him. May have been a fisherman. The Brothers of Jesus
    John 14: 22Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" 23Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.  
    Yes, Jesus told Jude, the Father and I live within a good Christian. Any good Christian is the home of the Father and a Tabernacle, and Temple of the holy spirit... it is mind-bogging, but it is, as Jesus told Jude.
    Writer of the canonical letter Epistle of St. Jude
     Preached in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia with Saint Simon. Healer. Exorcist. Could exorcise pagan idols, which caused the demons to flee and the statues to crumble.
    Died a martyr  beaten to death with a club, then beheaded post-mortem in 1st century Persia;
    Actually, Jude had the same name as Judas Iscariot. Evidently because of the disgrace of that name, it was shortened to "Jude" in English.
    His patronage of lost or impossible causes traditionally derives from confusion by many early Christians between Jude and Judas; not understanding the difference between the names, they never prayed for Jude's help, and devotion to him became something of a lost cause.
Died beaten to death with a club, then beheaded post-mortem in 1st century Persia; relics at Saint Peter's, Rome, at Rheims, and at Toulouse, France.
Name Meaning sweetness or gentleness of character (Thaddeus)
Patronage desperate situations, forgotten causes, hospital workers, hospitals, impossible causes, lost causes, diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida
Representation bearded man holding an oar, a boat, boat hook, a club, an axe or a book; nearly every image depicts him wearing a medallion with a profile of Jesus, and usually with a small flame above his head; often carries a pen or sits at a writing location to make reference to the canonical Epistle
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St. Simon the Zealot, Apostle of Jesus:
Apostle pf Jesus, a Zealot, who preached in Egypt and Mesopotamia, martyred swan in half

    One of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. Matthew 10:3, 13:55, Mark 3:18, 6:3, Luke 6:15,  and Acts 1:13
    Evangelized in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Several places claim to have been the site of his martyrdom.
    Simon is mentioned on all four lists of the apostles. On two of them he is called "the Zealot."
    The Zealots were a Jewish sect that represented an extreme of Jewish nationalism. For them, the messianic promise of the Old Testament meant that the Jews were to be a free and independent nation. God alone was their king, and any payment of taxes to the Romans—the very domination of the Romans—was a blasphemy against God. No doubt some of the Zealots were the spiritual heirs of the Maccabees, carrying on their ideals of religion and independence. But many were the counterparts of modern terrorists. They raided and killed, attacking both foreigners and "collaborating" Jews. They were chiefly responsible for the rebellion against Rome which ended in the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

Died martyred; Abbyssinians claim he was crucified in Samaria; Lipsius says he was sawn in half at Suanir, Persia; Moses of Chorene writes that he was martyred at Weriosphora in Iberia; many locations claim to have relics
    Memorial 28 October (Roman Church); 10 May (Coptic Church)
Representation boat; fish; man being sawn in two longitudinally; oar; saw; two fish; lance
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