Carmel and St Jude

 On this feast of SS Simon and Jude I find my thoughts turning to the O.Carms, who built the National Shrine of Saint Jude at Faversham in the 1950s. According to their website, ‘Carmelites try to nurture a close relationship with Christ and his family - especially Mary the Mother of God - and so perhaps it was natural that devotion to Jude, Apostle and Kinsman of Christ, should have become popular in Carmelite communities, not only in Faversham but around the world. Today there are various small shrines, altars and statues of Jude found across the Carmelite Family worldwide. Carmelite friars, sisters and laity around the world have experienced God's blessing through the intercession of Saint Jude, and through the generosity of his friends who support the work of the Carmelites by their prayers and donations’. 

Intercessions:

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Theresa K, Fr Jon B, Catherine

Siena, Elara – sick children

Wojtek – massive heart attack leaving him incapacitated

David OCDS – housebound

Sophia – blind infant

Joy Smith OCDS – in hospital

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Lucia – Overwhelmed by weariness

 Mark – brain infection

Joy Smith – in hospital

 Defence of the unborn and the elderly

 RIP Martin Gilham, Sue Burton, little Matthew (six years old, died of cancer)