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- Patrons: Gerald & Nancy Redman and Marcus Harper
- Stitcher: Gerry Moody
- In honor of our parents Mr. & Mrs. Marcus F. Roberts and Mr. & Mrs. William S. Redman, Sr.
St. Jude the Apostle
St. Jude the Apostle is represented by a ship in honor of his missionary travels.
John’s gospel mentions Jude in his description of the Last Supper. The Epistle of Jude may be the work of the disciple Jude, who is the man mentioned by John as the brother of James the Greater.
Tradition has consistently associated Simon and Jude as apostles to Persia. Some accounts state that they were both martyrs, a tradition generally accepted by the Western Church. Jude, who was surnamed Thaddeus, has been confused with another Thaddeus, who was also said to have died a quiet death, either in Beirut or Edessa. Whatever the facts, accounts conflict and reliable data are lacking.
For some centuries, and even today, Jude has been regarded in popular devotion as the “patron of desperate or lost causes,” but the basis of this tradition is obscure.
The Epistle of Jude concludes with this striking doxology: “Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God our Savior, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all time and now and for ever” (Jude 24-25).
Adapted from Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2003