Find comfort and hope in times of difficulty with this prayer to Saint Jude, patron of desperate causes. Ask for his intercession in your needs, trials, and suffering, and honor him by living your Christian faith faithfully.
Prayer to Saint Jude
O holy Apostle Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you as the patron of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me and make use, I implore you, of the particular privilege entrusted to you of bringing visible and speedy help where hope seems nearly lost.
Come to my assistance in this great need, so that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly... (mention your petition here). May I praise God with you and all the saints forever.
Glorious Saint Jude, I promise never to forget this favor. I will honor you as a powerful patron and, in gratitude, do my best to live my Christian faith well. Amen.
This prayer of consecration to Saint Jude Thaddeus, apostle and martyr, asks for his help in living close to God our Lord.
Prayer of Consecration to Saint Jude Thaddeus
Saint Jude, Apostle of Christ and glorious martyr, I desire to honor you with special devotion. I accept you as my patron and protector. I entrust to you my soul and body, all my spiritual and temporal interests, and those of my family.
I consecrate my mind to you, so that the light of faith may guide all my actions; my heart, so that you may keep it pure and fill it with love for Jesus and Mary; and my will, so that, like yours, it may always remain united to the will of God.
Help me overcome sinful inclinations and temptations and avoid every occasion of sin. Obtain for me the grace never knowingly to offend God, to fulfill faithfully the duties of my state in life, and to practice the virtues necessary for salvation.
Pray for me, my holy patron and helper, so that, inspired by your example and assisted by your intercession, I may live a holy life, experience a peaceful death, and reach the glory of heaven, where God is loved and thanked forever.
Amen.