St. Jude Novena: Day 3

Sadness still prevails my day. I have to use a medication to calm me down so I can sleep and meditate to stop the bad thoughts. I feel sad, disappointed, shocked, hurt beyond belief, confused, angry, disillusioned but, despite all this, I still have a ray of hope this relationship will somehow work out...it was so full of love, light and joy. I don't know what happened. BUT, I have to trust the Universe is working for the goodness of all involved...I still have hope my relationship with the love of my life will miraculously work out...it just sucks right now. I am blessed with a good job, supportive friends and a loving family. I need to reach into the depths of my being to bring forward my creative energies that have always helped me through these dark nights of the soul. I need to help others. Towards this end, I started this blog to spread the word of St. Jude's miracles...I have been praying to him via Novenas for over 25 years...granted, I have been lapse for at least 10 years, though maintain a spiritually loose practice of reverence for all life. While I no longer consider myself Catholic, I do hold a special place for St. Jude in my life.

Here is another prayer you may try during your 9 day novena. Follow it with 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary's and 3 Glory Be's.

I hope you find peace and happiness and overcome the pain of your inquiry. I will post at the end of the novena if my prayers have been answered. I know that not all prayers are answered exactly as we have hoped, but we are given something that is better.

Prayer to St. Jude Thaddeus
St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traiter has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me, who am so miserable. Make use , I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here make your request)- and that I may praise God with you and all the elect through out all eternity.

I promise you, O blessed JUDE, to be ever mindful of this great favor. I will honor you as my special and powerful patron and encourage devotion to you.

St. Jude, pray for us and for all who honor and invoke thy aid.

Thank you St. Jude, for listening to my prayers.