DAILY PRAYER TO 

SAINT JUDE
 
O glorious apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I salute you
through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. I praise and thank God for all the graces He has
bestowed upon you. I implore you, through the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to look down upon me
with compassion, despise not my poor prayers and let not my trust be in vain. To you has been
assigned the privilege of aiding us in the most desperate cases. Come to my aid that I may praise
the mercies of God. All my life, I will be grateful to you and will be your faithful client until I
can thank you in heaven. Amen.
 
PRAYER FOR CONSOLATION AND HELP IN TIME OF DESPAIR
 
Most Holy Apostle St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor
who delivered the beloved Master into the hands of his enemies has caused you to be forgotten
by many, but the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases, of
things despaired of.
 
Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that particular
privilege given to you, to bring visible and speedy help, where help is almost despaired of. Come
to my assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolations and help of Heaven in all
my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly…(mention request), and that I may bless
God with you and all the elect forever.
 
I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, to always honor
you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen.
 
PRAYER FOR A PATIENT
 
            Dear Apostle and Martyr for Christ, you left us an Epistle in the New Testament. With
good reason many invoke you when illness is at a desperate stage. We now recommend to your
kindness…(name of patient), who is in a critical condition. May the cure of this patient increase
his/her faith and love for the Lord of Life, for the glory of our merciful God. Amen.
 
THE SAINT JUDE NOVENA PRAYER
 
Saint Jude, Holy Saint Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near
kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of
need. To you I have recourse from the depths of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has
given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition; in
return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Saint Jude pray for us
and all who invoke your aid.
 
(Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be in honor of Saint Jude
Thaddeus.) Amen.
 
 
 
NINE-DAY NOVENA TO SAINT JUDE
 
DAY ONE
 
O blessed apostle Saint Jude, who labored zealously among the Gentiles in many lands, and
performed numerous miracles in needy and despairing cases, we invoke you to take special
interest in us and our needs. We feel that you understand us in a particular way. Hear our prayers
and our petitions and plead for us in all our necessities, especially…(mention request).
 
May we be patient in learning God’s holy will and courageous in carrying it out. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY TWO
 
O blessed apostle Jude, who has been instrumental in gathering us here together this day, grant
that we may always serve Jesus Christ as he deserves to be served, giving of our best efforts in
living as he wishes us to live. May we dispose our hearts and minds that God will always be
inclined to listen to our prayers and petitions, especially those petitions which we entrust to your
care and for which we ask you to plead for us (mention request).
 
Grant that we may be enlightened as to what is best for us, in the present and future, not
forgetting the blessings we have received in the past. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY THREE
 
O holy Saint Jude, apostle of Jesus Christ, you who have so faithfully and devotedly helped to
spread his Gospel of Light, we who are gathered together today in your honor, ask and petition
you to remember us and our needs. Especially do we pray for…(mention request).
 
May it also please our Lord to lend an ear to your supplications on our behalf. Grant that we may
ever pray with fervor and devotion, resigning ourselves humbly to the divine will, seeing God’s
purpose in all our trials and knowing that he will leave no sincere prayer unanswered in some
way. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY FOUR
 
Blessed Saint Jude, you were called to be one of Christ’s chosen apostles and labored to bring
men to a knowledge and love of God; listen with compassion to those gathered together to honor
you who ask your intercession. In this troubled world of ours we have many trials, difficulties,
and temptations. Plead for us in the heavenly court, asking that our petitions may be answered,
especially the particular one we have in mind at this moment (mention request).
 
May it please God to answer our prayers in the way that he knows best, giving us grace to see his
purpose in all things. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY FIVE
 
O holy Saint Jude, apostle and companion of Christ Jesus, you have shown us by example how
to lead a life of zeal and devotion. We humbly entreat you today to hear our prayers and
petitions. Especially do we ask you to obtain for us the following favor…(mention request).
 
Grant that in praying for present and future favors we may not forget the innumerable ones
granted in the past but often return to give thanks. Humbly we resign ourselves to God’s holy
will, knowing that he alone knows what is best for us especially in our present needs and
necessities. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY SIX
 
Saint Jude, apostle of Christ and helper in despairing cases, hear the prayers and petitions of
those who are gathered together in your honor. In all our needs and desires may we only seek
what is pleasing to God and what is best for our salvation. These, our petitions (mention request),
we submit to you, asking you to obtain them for us, if they are for the good of our souls. We are
resigned to god’s holy will in all things, knowing that he will leave no sincere prayer unanswered
in some way through it may be answered in a way unexpected by us. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY SEVEN
 
A holy apostle Saint Jude, in whose honor we are gathered today, may we honor we are gathered
today, may we never forget that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ chose you to be one of Twelve
Apostles. Because of this and of the martyrdom you suffered for the Faith, we know you are a
close friend of almighty God. Therefore we do not hesitate to petition you in our necessities,
especially…(mention request).
 
We humbly submit ourselves to the will of God, knowing full well that no sincere prayer is ever
left unanswered. May we see God’s good and gracious purpose working in all our trials. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
 
 
 
DAY EIGHT
 
O holy Saint Jude, apostle of Christ, pray that we may never imitate the Divine Master and live
we cooperate with the grace of God and ever remain pleasing in his sight. Especially do we ask
you to plead for us and obtain whatsoever is necessary for our salvation. Forget not our special
petitions…(mention request).
 
May we always be thankful to God for the blessings we have received in the past. Whatsoever
we ask for the present or future, we submit to the divine will, realizing that God knows best what
is good for us. We know he will respond to our prayers and petitions in one way or another.
Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
DAY NINE
 
O holy Saint Jude, apostle and martyr, grant that we may so dispose our lives that we may
always be pleasing to God. In working out our salvation in this life we have many needs and
necessities. Today we turn to you, asking you to intercede for us and obtain for us the favors we
ask of God. Especially do we petition for…(mention request).
 
May we not so much seek temporal good but rather what will avail our souls, knowing that it
will profit us nothing if we gain the whole world yet suffer the loss of our souls. Therefore, may
we incline ourselves toward the divine will, seeing God’s good and gracious purpose in all our
trials. Amen.
 
Saint Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, have mercy!
 
 
 
PRAYER FOR EVERYDAY
 
O glorious apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I
salute you through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. I praise and thank God for all
the graces He has bestowed upon you. I implore you, through the Sacred Heart of
Jesus, to look down upon me with compassion, despise not my poor prayers and let
not my trust be in vain. To you has been assigned the privilege of aiding us in the
most desperate cases. Come to my aid that I may praise the mercies of God. All my
life, I will be grateful to you and will be your faithful client until I can thank you in
heaven. Amen.

PRAYER FOR CONSOLATION AND HELP IN TIME OF DESPAIR

Most Holy Apostle St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of
the traitor who delivered the beloved Master into the hands of his enemies has
caused you to be forgotten by many, but the Church honors and invokes you
universally as the patron of hopeless cases, of things despaired of.
Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that
particular privilege given to you, to bring visible and speedy help, where help is
almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need, that I may receive
the consolations and help of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and
sufferings, particularly…(mention request), and that I may bless God with you and
all the elect forever.
I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, to
always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage
devotion to you. Amen.
(Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be
in honor of Saint Jude Thaddeus)
 
 
 
Hymn to Saint Jude Thaddeus
Great St. Jude in heaven’s glory,
patron of all hopeless souls.
In our trials be our refuge,
help us in our present woes.
Ever praying interceding,
desolation’s ever pleading.
 
Saint of God magnificent
hear thy clients’ suppliant.
Saint of God magnificent
hear thy clients’ suppliant.
 
Human hearts in desperation
mid the dreary toils of life.
Countless thousands have you strengthened
by your power in their strife.
Your warm love turns unabating
 for the hopeless ever waiting.
 
Saint of God magnificent
hear thy clients’ suppliant.
Saint of God magnificent
hear thy clients’ suppliant.
 
See us suffering sad and lonely
voices calling from afar.
In the night of Satan’s darkness
show us Jesus’ brilliant star.
Send His graces for salvation
in the midst of desolation.
 
Saint of God magnificent
hear thy clients’ suppliant.
Saint of God magnificent
hear thy clients’ suppliant.