St. Jude is one of the most popular saints, because of the many heavenly favors getting his devotees to pray with faith. In Germany, Italy, America and many other places, has many devotees who get through her intercession admirable aid of God, especially as far as getting jobs, housing or other benefits. Santa Brigida account in its revelations that the Lord told you that when I wanted to get certain favors the request by St. Jude. Judas is a Hebrew word meaning "praise be to God." Tadeo means "courageous to proclaim their faith." Simon means "God has heard my cry." At St. Simon and St. Jude celebrated the feast are on the same day, Oct. 28, because according to ancient tradition the two were always together, preaching the Word of God everywhere. San Judas Tadeo was closely related to our Lord for his relationship with San Joaquin and Santa Ana, parents of the Blessed Virgin. Nephew of these two saints, is both a nephew of Mary and Joseph, of which turns out to be cousin of our Lord Jesus Christ.
St. Jude is the brother of St. James the Less. He had two brothers whom the Gospel calls "brothers" of Jesus. When our Lord returned to Judea to Nazareth, he began teaching in the synagogue. The people who heard him were astonished and said: "Where it has come so much wisdom and that power to work miracles? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers James, Joses, Simon and Judas? " (Mt 13.54). The word "brothers" in Hebrew usually means a close relative. St. Jude's father was Cleophas. His mother's name was Mary, a relative Next to the Blessed Virgin. She also stood by the Cross our Lord Jesus Christ when he died. "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and sister of his mother, Mary, wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene" (Jn 19:25). During his teenage years, Judas was a companion of Jesus. When Jesus began his public life, Judas left everything to follow him. A San Judas Tadeo is called to differentiate it from Judas Iscariot was the one who sold Jesus. On the night of the Last Supper Jesus asked: "Why do you reveal your secrets to us and not the world?". Jesus replied that this was that they loved him and fulfilled their mandates and to those who love him and obey, are the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and make room in his soul (John 14, 22). As an Apostle, he worked with great zeal for the conversion of pagans. He was a missionary for the whole of Mesopotamia for ten years. He returned to Jerusalem for the Council of the Apostles. He then joined Simon in Libya, where the two Apostles preached the Gospel to the inhabitants of that country. Refer
tradition that St. Jude and St. Simon suffered martyrdom in Suanis, city of Persia, where they worked as missionaries. A San Judas killed him with a truncheon. So it is with a truncheon on the head. Then cut off his head with an ax. Carried his body to Rome and its remains are now venerated in the Basilica of San Pedro.
St. Jude is known primarily as author of the letter of his name in the New Testament. Letter probably written before the fall of Jerusalem, for the years 62 to 65. In it, St. Jude denounces the heresies of those early days and warns the Christians against the seduction of false doctrines. Talk of the trial that threatens to heretics by their bad life and condemns the worldly criteria, lust, and "flattered by interest those people." Encourages Christians to stand firm in faith and announces that False teachers will arise who will make fun of religion, whom God, however, he has reserved sentencing. 
St. Jude ends his letter with a prayer of praise to God for the Incarnation, because by it Christ, the eternal Word of God, took upon himself our human nature to redeem us. 
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