JMJ
St. Jude is a favorite of so many! This prayer was on an old tattered paper that fell out of an antique prayerbook I found recently. St. Jude, patron of those with desperate situations, pray for us!
Prayer to St. Jude
Heartsick and humble, cowed and desperate,
I kneel before thy altar, holy Jude!
My strength is spent, and all my fortitude
Is shattered by calamity and hate.
No longer can I bear the heavy weight
Of sorrow laid upon me, or the road
Which carrying, I cannot consecrate.
My foes have robbed me - bleeding and bereft
Of all I treasured, have I sought thy shrine
In desolation - not a friend is left
To soothe and share the anguish which is mine.
But undefeated still, I kneel - and dare
To believe that thou wilt heed and grant my prayer! |