Daily prayer
to St. Jude

O kindSaint-Jude, our faithful intercessor to Jesus, receive the following special intentions : to present them to the Almighty Lord, Root of all good. Above all, grant us an increase of our faith in His love. May each day find us closer in our relationship with our Heavenly Father. KindSaint-Jude, you who has revived hope in our hearts, you whose model merits and life bring us the divine blessings and graces, be our advocate, and lead us to Jesus and Mary. With you, blessed apostle, we give thanks and praise God with all our heart for His innumerable kindnesses. Amen.

The Monthly Note

July - August 2016

Mid-August, the St. Jude's and the Rosary Oratory will welcome a few buses of pilgrims. These are mainly of our Haitian brothers and sisters living in New York, who are traveling or returning from the Our Lady of the Cape Shrine, for the feast of the Assumption. It is a pleasure to greet them when they come. Many Catholics, and tourists, come to visit St. Joseph's Oratory, Our Lady of the Cape's Shrine and St. Anne de Beaupre. Many like to visit a shrine to pray, attend Mass, write some prayer intentions, burn a vigil light and get an object of piety.

I suggest a feasible activity this summer. If the distance does not allow us to go to a major shrine, we can all visit our personal shrines: the one where we were baptized, the one where you got married, the one where your child was baptized! Each of these churches is God's Temple, a Prayer House where God dwells among us and with us. Let's take time to go, pray and thank God who walks beside us in your personal life since before our baptism. Let's take time to thank God that brought us to a wonderful large spiritual Catholic family in which each of us counts, is important and unique.

If our life is difficult with a lot of trials, we can all turn to St. Jude, our Intercessor with God. Each "Thursday to St. Jude" at the 2:30 pm Mass, the Dominican Friars of Montreal and "The Friends of St. Jude" are united in prayer with you, at home. Together, we invoque St. Jude to intercede for you, dear brothers and sisters, for all the prayer intentions you sent us by mail, email, or put near the statue of Patron Saint of Hopeless cases. Remain united in prayer; confidence, there is Hope!

Fr. Henri de Longchamp, Friar Preacher (O.P.)
Director of Saint-Jude’s Apostolic Works