ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 28th of October
SS. SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES
Simon was a Chananite, sometimes called Zelotes. Thaddeus (who in the Gospel is called Jude the brother of James) was the author of one of the catholic epistles. Simon went through Egypt preaching the Gospel, Thaddeus did the same in Mesopotamia.
THEY SPREAD THE FAITH
Afterwards they met in Persia, where Saints Simon and Jude raised countless children to Christ. Together in those far-reaching countries by their teaching and their miracles, they spread the Faith. Finally by a glorious martyrdom they paid together their testimony of honour to the most holy name of Jesus.
PRAYER:
O God, who have given us a way of coming to know your name through your blessed Apostles, Simon and Jude, grant us to honour their everlasting glory by becoming more holy and to become more holy by honouring it. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
From: An Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964
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