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Holy Week Meditations

Holy Week, Lent

Send your Easter petitions to the National Shrine of St. JudeWith the end of Lent, we are now about to embark on the holiest days of our journey, Holy Week, culminating in the greatest event in history, Christ’s Resurrection on Easter. Please send your prayers and petitions to be placed at the altar of St. Jude during this very special time.

Together with the faithful we remain united to the suffering Christ in prayer and praise during Holy Week. We seek the hope of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing for all of our own suffering as we look to Jesus and our faithful patron, St. Jude, during these holy days.

May our St. Jude Holy Week Meditations enrich your faith and devotion. We are praying for you.

April 18th — Monday of Holy Week

Thank you for taking time during Holy Week for our St. Jude Holy Week Meditations. We look forward to praying with and for you during this solemn week.

We take a moment this Monday of Holy Week to reflect with contrition and resolve:

My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.” – John 13:33

Holy Week has begun. Let’s spend some quiet time with Jesus. Soon he will be taken from our midst.

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

April 19th — Tuesday of Holy Week

We take a moment this Tuesday of Holy Week to reflect with contrition and resolve:

I came into this world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.” – John 13:46

The disciples are frightened and heartbroken when Jesus tells them what must be done to him. The one who was scorned will be glorified, and those who have faith are rewarded.

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

April 20th — Wednesday of Holy Week

We take a moment this Wednesday of Holy Week to reflect with contrition and resolve:

Behold, the hour is at hand when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.” – Matthew 26:45

Jesus is loved by many. Yet soon he will endure much pain and suffering for you. Be with him today in prayer and in silence.

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

April 21st — Holy Thursday

We take a moment on Holy Thursday to reflect with contrition and resolve:

What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” – John 13:7

On Holy Thursday, Jesus gave his friends the ultimate sign of his humility and love for them by washing their feet. He then demonstrated the full meaning of his life and death through breaking the bread of his body and drinking the wine of his blood with them. Yet this very night he would weep alone in the garden as his disciples slept. Let us meditate on what Christ, God’s only Son, did so willingly for you and me.

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

April 22nd — Good Friday

We take a moment on Good Friday to reflect with contrition and resolve:

Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” – Luke 24:43

While our hearts are heavy on Good Friday, it is not a day of despair. Our sins, weaknesses, and humanity are being forgiven, healed, and completely redeemed by the body of Christ now being broken on our behalf. We are to take heart and draw strength from Christ’s example of placing himself completely in his Father’s hands. Let us commit to remembering Jesus’ compassion, even in the midst of his painful death, as he forgave those who were crucifying him and the thief who hung beside him. We can do no less than forgive those who have offended us.

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

April 23rd — Holy Saturday

We take a moment on Holy Saturday to reflect with contrition and resolve:

The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him, spit upon him, scourge him, and put him to death, but after three days he will rise.” – Mark 10:33-34

Today, Jesus, the Light of the World, lies lifeless in his tomb. Weary from the depth of emotion experienced during the Passion, we rest this day, just as the women who followed Jesus did before going to anoint Jesus’ body. Mary is our example today. She quietly mourns, but she does not despair. We mourn with her. We mourn for our separation from God caused by our sins. But our hope is in Christ and in his apostle, St. Jude. That’s why for us as followers of Christ, there is always hope in darkness. Even on the darkest day of the liturgical year, we can look to tomorrow with hope.

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

April 24th — Easter Sunday

We take a moment on Easter Sunday to reflect with contrition and resolve:

Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’” – Matthew 28: 1:5-7

What seemed impossible is now real. Jesus, who was dead just two days before, is now standing before his friends again. The resurrection of Christ defines all that we are as Christians—a people of hope, a people reconciled to the God who loves us with a love beyond our comprehension. The water of purity will be sprinkled on us today to remind us that the sin that separated us from God and laid us low is now erased from God’s memory and cleansed from our hearts. As devotees of St. Jude, we know that the heart of renewal is hope. As we have learned from Christ this Holy Week, we pray that each day we will love one another with grace; we will forgive one another with humility; we will hold onto faith in the midst of loss; and we will be aware that the new life of Easter is ours every day. Christ’s victory is our victory; his triumph over death is our new life!

Send your special intentions for Easter to the National Shrine of St. Jude today.

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  • N&H April 3, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    Dear St. Jude please help us, my family, my husband, our kids, save my marriage, help my husband to realized that he still love me that we need a second chance to be happy in out marriage, we married for better or for worse, I am here for him, take away his depresion, his fear, his pain, help us dear St. Jude for our famly, our kids, I will never forget this big favor St. Jude. Thanks for all your help. Amen

  • m April 3, 2012 at 9:53 AM

    St Jude please intercede to Our Lord and bring and show peace soon. please help l. urgently and please open a door for her.. please show me things will be ok in Jesus’ name i beg amen

  • M April 2, 2012 at 5:59 AM

    ST JUDE PLEASE INTERCEDE TO OUR LORD AND LET HER TALK TO BETTY AND HELP L. WITH EHR WEIGHT IN JESUS’ NAME AMEN

  • Maureen April 1, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    Thank you St Jude for prayers answered.

  • Nic March 19, 2012 at 7:30 AM

    Dear St. Jude, pray for us intercede for us with God, oh dear St. Patron of hope friend of God, this coming Thursday me and my husband are going to the counselor please give me the right words to convince him that I love him deeply, that I never meant to hurt him when I said those things, please let him finally listen to me with his heart and fogive me for saying things I never meant just on a flesh of anger, please help him to understand that our family is the most important thing, that he loves me that he loves his kids and that he is willing as I am to work our marriage out, and be together for better or for worst as we said when we got married. Please St. Jude help us, Amen.

  • michelle March 5, 2012 at 5:55 AM

    st jude i need healing for a hernia

  • Nic February 10, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    Once again dear St. Jude, implore you to help me my family, to intesede for us, my marriage is in danger, we need you help, please help my husband to clear his head to realized that he still love me, that he needs us his family his kids, to leave those friends that are not good people not for him – are bad influence. Please St. Jude help us I am despred. Amen.

  • Nicole February 7, 2012 at 9:06 AM

    Dear St. Jude, I implore you to please help me in my Marriage, please clear my husband’s mind (head) he is confused and depress, please make him realize that he love me still, and that he wants his family, our kids, us, please St. Jude intersede for us. Amen.

  • Nicole January 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    My marriage is in danger, St. Jude please help me as I am helpless, please help my husband to realize that he loves me and his family and our kids and to come back to me to us and help us to work together our diferences. Amen.

  • PHYLLIS April 28, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    MY 10 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER…EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND ILLNESS….PLEAE TAKE THIS FROM HER DEAR LORD…ST JUDE OF THE INPOSSIBLE PRAY FOR HER PLEASE…

  • Lisa April 27, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Please St.Jude I pray to you so our house sells ASAP. Please heal my pet from her sickness. Remove all the stress from my sister and so people stop Bulling her at work and teasing her,please heal the pain she has been thru. PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL AMEN

  • JCC April 22, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    I am begging to everyone to read my plea.
    I am bowing down and ask God., st.jude to bring the justice. last year the person took my whole life saving, 64756 usd, Please have God to bring the justice and the person even hang off my phone. pray for st.Jude intercede to made that person ‘Jack ‘ return everything back to me or punish for the rest of his life, including his mom and his sister. Since that person broought his mom to threat me last year. and They never tried to contact me directly. ashame. whether his sister is ‘Rose James’ or MarryAnn’ contact me asap.

    Please tell me anyone if anyone were me, Could they survive if they lost over 60k almost in two months last year. Even if I need to move on, pray for God.stjude. intercede for bad people to return to me everything.
    I bowed down sincerely and ask for God., st.Jude answering the prayers. I ask st. Jude to intercede for me and have my money to be return. The person has not contact directly, incuklding his family, his Mom, and his sister. I ask God, st. Jude to bring the justice. It is so unfair the scammer targeted me while I was on the market. and my life is totally destory and up side down.

    A FINANCE MIRACLE A DESPAIR MIRACLE; MAY OUR GOD HEAR SAINT JUDE ‘S PRAYERS AND GRANT US HIS MERCIFUL BLESSINGS’

    My life has been destoryed since this person took all my life saving. And my parents not let me to go interview. I will not stop until God, st. Jude answer my prayers, I know my praer would be answer, and I need to retain all my moeny. and I will continue my support.

    I will continue pray here until i see the answer. Please pray for me, everyone.
    I need to pay the bills.

    I will not stop my prayer list here until i see the answer, I know God, st.jude would answer me, Please

    Someone called me miiddle of the night and state they would send me the check; however, without any verification, I no longer belive any prove until God show me and intercede their action. Please st. Jude, and God intercede all the thing to return my money baxck. I will never stop prayers here until I see the answer because I know God will answer. I will let anyone how terrrible the bad people.

    I am continuing the post the prayers here to have more people to pray for me to have prayer of chain maricle. I would ever never stop until I would see God, st.Jude ’s answer since this person put my life fincial stituation to jeopardy.

    Please please have everyone pray for me here to have chain of prayer’s maricle – how could I lost 64754 usd helping a person and never got response if that was a help. and the person knew I was market and keep asking me more money. I need a job to pay the bill now. God, st. Jude. please intercede for good for me.

  • Shirley April 22, 2011 at 7:16 AM

    Dear St. Jude: Please intercede. Thank you. God Bless all on this holiest of days.

  • harold April 22, 2011 at 5:10 AM

    O’Glorious St jude, I thank you for guiding me through my commitments to God throughout this period of lent, and that God may forgive me along with your self for the times I failed to meet with my commitments for lent. I reflect on this Good Friday with a new devotion that God will pardon my ambition failings and bless my family always!
    Please St jude, continue to watch over us and protect us from all evil always.
    with love, hope, and faith,
    H.H.

  • JCC April 21, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    I am begging to everyone to read my plea.
    I am bowing down and ask God., st.jude to bring the justice. last year the person took my whole life saving, 64756 usd, Please have God to bring the justice and the person even hang off my phone. pray for st.Jude intercede to made that person ‘Jack ‘ return everything back to me or punish for the rest of his life, including his mom and his sister. Since that person broought his mom to threat me last year. and They never tried to contact me directly. ashame. whether his sister is ‘Rose James’ or MarryAnn’ contact me asap.

    Please tell me anyone if anyone were me, Could they survive if they lost over 60k almost in two months last year. Even if I need to move on, pray for God.stjude. intercede for bad people to return to me everything.
    I bowed down sincerely and ask for God., st.Jude answering the prayers. I ask st. Jude to intercede for me and have my money to be return. The person has not contact directly, incuklding his family, his Mom, and his sister. I ask God, st. Jude to bring the justice. It is so unfair the scammer targeted me while I was on the market. and my life is totally destory and up side down.

    A FINANCE MIRACLE A DESPAIR MIRACLE; MAY OUR GOD HEAR SAINT JUDE ‘S PRAYERS AND GRANT US HIS MERCIFUL BLESSINGS’

    My life has been destoryed since this person took all my life saving. And my parents not let me to go interview. I will not stop until God, st. Jude answer my prayers, I know my praer would be answer, and I need to retain all my moeny. and I will continue my support.

    I will continue pray here until i see the answer. Please pray for me, everyone.
    I need to pay the bills.

    I will not stop my prayer list here until i see the answer, I know God, st.jude would answer me, Please

    Someone called me miiddle of the night and state they would send me the check; however, without any verification, I no longer belive any prove until God show me and intercede their action. Please st. Jude, and God intercede all the thing to return my money baxck. I will never stop prayers here until I see the answer because I know God will answer. I will let anyone how terrrible the bad people.

    I am continuing the post the prayers here to have more people to pray for me to have prayer of chain maricle. I would ever never stop until I would see God, st.Jude ’s answer since this person put my life fincial stituation to jeopardy.

  • ctrujillo April 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    St.Jude I pray that you please send me a good man to show me what it’s really like to be loved and taken care of. Thank you and God Bless Everyone

  • JCC April 21, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    I am begging to everyone to read my plea.
    I am bowing down and ask God., st.jude to bring the justice. last year the person took my whole life saving, 64756 usd, Please have God to bring the justice and the person even hang off my phone. pray for st.Jude intercede to made that person ‘Jack ‘ return everything back to me or punish for the rest of his life, including his mom and his sister. Since that person broought his mom to threat me last year. and They never tried to contact me directly. ashame. whether his sister is ‘Rose James’ or MarryAnn’ contact me asap.

    Please tell me anyone if anyone were me, Could they survive if they lost over 60k almost in two months last year. Even if I need to move on, pray for God.stjude. intercede for bad people to return to me everything.
    I bowed down sincerely and ask for God., st.Jude answering the prayers. I ask st. Jude to intercede for me and have my money to be return. The person has not contact directly, incuklding his family, his Mom, and his sister. I ask God, st. Jude to bring the justice. It is so unfair the scammer targeted me while I was on the market. and my life is totally destory and up side down.

    A FINANCE MIRACLE A DESPAIR MIRACLE; MAY OUR GOD HEAR SAINT JUDE ‘S PRAYERS AND GRANT US HIS MERCIFUL BLESSINGS’

    My life has been destoryed since this person took all my life saving. And my parents not let me to go interview. I will not stop until God, st. Jude answer my prayers, I know my praer would be answer, and I need to retain all my moeny. and I will continue my support.

    I will continue pray here until i see the answer. Please pray for me, everyone.
    I need to pay the bills.

    I will not stop my prayer list here until i see the answer, I know God, st.jude would answer me, Please

    Someone called me miiddle of the night and state they would send me the check; however, without any verification, I no longer belive any prove until God show me and intercede their action. Please st. Jude, and God intercede all the thing to return my money baxck. I will never stop prayers here until I see the answer because I know God will answer. I will let anyone how terrrible the bad people.

  • JCC April 21, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    I am begging to everyone to read my plea.
    I am bowing down and ask God., st.jude to bring the justice. last year the person took my whole life saving, 64756 usd, Please have God to bring the justice and the person even hang off my phone. pray for st.Jude intercede to made that person ‘Jack ‘ return everything back to me or punish for the rest of his life, including his mom and his sister. Since that person broought his mom to threat me last year. and They never tried to contact me directly. ashame. whether his sister is ‘Rose James’ or MarryAnn’ contact me asap.

    Please tell me anyone if anyone were me, Could they survive if they lost over 60k almost in two months last year. Even if I need to move on, pray for God.stjude. intercede for bad people to return to me everything.
    I bowed down sincerely and ask for God., st.Jude answering the prayers. I ask st. Jude to intercede for me and have my money to be return. The person has not contact directly, incuklding his family, his Mom, and his sister. I ask God, st. Jude to bring the justice. It is so unfair the scammer targeted me while I was on the market. and my life is totally destory and up side down.

    A FINANCE MIRACLE A DESPAIR MIRACLE; MAY OUR GOD HEAR SAINT JUDE ‘S PRAYERS AND GRANT US HIS MERCIFUL BLESSINGS’

    My life has been destoryed since this person took all my life saving. And my parents not let me to go interview. I will not stop until God, st. Jude answer my prayers, I know my praer would be answer, and I need to retain all my moeny. and I will continue my support.

    I will continue pray here until i see the answer. Please pray for me, everyone.
    I need to pay the bills.

    I will not stop my prayer list here until i see the answer, I know God, st.jude would answer me, Please

  • Shirley April 21, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    Please continue to intercede with our Lord for us. Thank you, dear St. Jude, for all of your prayers on our behalf.

  • ctrujillo April 20, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    St. Jude I am grateful for my blessings.. I am happy that I have a job that I like but right now I feel overwhelmed. Please St.Jude have my boss understand that I am only one person and can not take the job of 3 desks.. that is not possible. I pray for Terry beacuse I blame her for this. I ask that you please guide Angie and me in the right path. Thank you & God Bless

  • ctrujillo April 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    St.Jude I pray that you please send me a good man to show me what it’s really like to be loved and taken care of. Thank you and God Bless Everyone.

  • Tina Taku April 20, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Pls St Jude intercede on my behalf as usual and let the Will of our Heavenly Father be done unto my life and that of my son, Emmanuel …….. Amen

  • Shirley April 20, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    Please help. Thank you.

  • ron kavanagh April 20, 2011 at 3:47 AM

    PLEASE ST JUDE HELP ME GET THE JOB I NEED AND TO HELP ME WITH MY CANCER , LOOK OVER MY DAUGHTER AND HER STUDIES , LOOK OVER CHRISTINE AND LET US BE HAPPY AND SAFE . THANK YOU .

  • Janet Flanagan April 19, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    prayer to st. Jude, please help John and Mark so that they can get the money needed for their flight home, as they are short of money

  • Shirley April 19, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Please continue to send blessings. Thank you.

  • maria mera April 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    please save my brother with hiv and mother with alzeimer and help me to pass step1

  • Adrian April 19, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Please help me walk closer to God. Show me the path that I am supposed to take and the things that God wants me to do. Please bless my family and our finances. Please restore my relationship with Brant. Please don’t take him away forever. Lay a foundation so that we may come back together and be as one, as husband and wife. Please Lord hear my prayers.

  • Ken April 18, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Please help my pregnant wife so that she will not have any problem with the baby. And for Dennis who is looking for a job.

  • Carla Camerino April 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    That we get more good news from my dad’s dr about my dad coming home from hospital soon. Lord hear my prayer

  • Shirley April 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    Dear St. Jude: Thank you for interceding with our Lord on our behalf in the past. Please continue to do so; you know our wishes. Thank you. Praise God.

  • Patty April 17, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    Please St. Jude help me, Amen

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