Prayer to Saint Martha

Saint Martha

O, Admirable Holy Martha, I have recourse to you and I count on your aid in my trials.

In thanksgiving, I promise you to propagate this prayer everywhere.

Comfort me in my worries and difficulties I humbly beg you.

By the immense joy which filled your soul when you received the Savior of the world in your home in Bethany,

I ask you to intercede for me and my family, so that we may keep God in our hearts and thus we may deserve to get the help to our needs especially in the situation which oppresses me now.

(Mention your intention.)

I implore you in all our needs.  Help us to surmount the difficulties, you who have victoriously fought the Devil.

Amen.

Say 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory Be

Three times: Saint Martha, pray for us.

Prayer to Saint Jude

Saint Jude, also known as Saint Jude Thaddeus, is known and loved throughout the world as the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes. He was one of the twelve Apostles and a cousin of Jesus Christ. He courageously preached the Gospel, often in the most difficult circumstances.

Saint Jude is often shown carrying an image of Jesus. Tradition tells us that this recalls a miracle when a king, afflicted with leprosy, was cured of this horrible disease after Saint Jude gave him a cloth that had been pressed to the face of Christ.

Over the ages many people in desperate need have turned to Saint Jude in prayer. Saint Bridget of Sweden said she was directed in a vision to pray with deep faith and confidence to Saint Jude. She stated that Christ told her, “In accordance with his surname, Thaddeus, the amiable or loving, Saint Jude will show himself most willing to help.”

In the Americas, it was the Dominican Friars who helped spread devotion to Saint Jude, particularly in the United States. In 1903, Father Thomas Lorente, O.P., and members of the Spanish Dominican Province came to New Orleans and were asked to take care of the oldest church building in New Orleans, the Mortuary Chapel, now called Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. By 1935, Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel began a public novena to Saint Jude.

Today, Saint Jude continues to be one of the most popular and beloved Saints, a trusted heavenly intercessor for all those seeking God’s assistance during times of family crisis, sickness, and trouble, especially when all hope seems lost.