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   October 28th - Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles.   
      
   1st century; Simon's feast in the East is on July 1, the traditional day of   
   their death; Jude has his own feast on June 19 in the East; today may   
   represent   
   the day of their translation to Saint Peter's in Rome in the 7th-8th   
   century. Of   
   these two members of Jesus' first team, Simon is said (by Matthew 10:4 and   
   Mark   
   3:18) to have been born in Cana, the site of Jesus' first public miracle, or   
   even to have been the bridegroom recipient of the miracle. It was just a   
   little   
   miracle turning water into wine to prevent the embarrassment of newlyweds,   
   but   
   it was important because it was performed at the behest of His mother. Some   
   say   
   that this miracle was the cause of Simon's becoming a follower of Jesus.   
      
   Luke also tells us that Simon was a 'Zealot' (Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13),   
   which   
   may imply that he was a member of a party of Jewish patriots who were later   
   prepared to revolt against the Roman occupation of Israel, although it could   
   refer to the fervor with which he pursued Jewish law before his calling by   
   Jesus. Modern scholars say the Simon was more likely to have been a Galilean   
   and   
   that "the Cananaean" and "the Zealot" both mean "the zealous."   
      
   Saint Jude (Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13) or Thaddeus (Matthew and Mark) or   
   Lebbaeus   
   (John 14:22; Matt. 10:3) is described in the New Testament as a relative   
   (adelphos) of Jesus (Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3), and also the brother of   
   James   
   the Less (Epistle of Jude). He may also have been the author of the shortest   
   book in the New Testament, the letter of Jude (though verse 17 of that   
   letter   
   half implies that the apostles of Jesus have already died).   
      
   The letter of Jude was written by a man passionately concerned both about   
   the   
   purity of the Christian faith and the good reputation of Christian people.   
   The   
   writer had, he tells us, planned to write a different letter, but hearing of   
   the   
   misleading views put out by some false teachers in the Christian community,   
   he   
   is urgently writing to warn the church not to heed them.   
      
   Western tradition, based on the apocryphal Passion of Simon and Jude, has it   
   that after preaching in Egypt, Simon joined Jude, and they went on missions   
   for   
   time in Persia. From the 6th century legends describe the martyrdom of both   
   Simon and Jude in Persia at Sufian (Siani), though the Eastern tradition say   
   that Simon died peacefully at Edessa. As Saint Thaddaeus, Jude has been   
   confused   
   with Saint Addai in Mesopotamia. Simon and Jude are said to have been killed   
   with either a saw or falchion (Attwater, Bentley, Delaney, Farmer, Walsh,   
   White).   
      
   In art, Saint Simon is portrayed as a middle-aged man with a saw and a book   
   or a   
   boat. Sometimes he holds an oar and at other times a fish (Roeder). Or, he   
   is   
   depicted being sawed in half (the tradition of the Golden Legend has it that   
   he   
   was killed in this way by pagan priests). Rheims and Toulouse, France, both   
   claim notable relics of these saints (Encyclopedia, White).   
      
   Jude Thaddeus generally holds a club-the instrument of his death. (He is   
   often   
   confused with James Minor, who generally resembles Our Lord, while Jude does   
   not.) Sometime Jude my be shown (1) holding an axe or halberd (often   
   confused   
   with Matthias); (2) holding a saw; (3) holding a book (which may have   
   "Judas"   
   written on it); (4) with a scroll, his epistle, with Carnis resurrectionem;   
   (5)   
   holding a carpenter's rule (which can confuse him with Thomas Didymus); or   
   (6)   
   holding a ship while Simon holds a fish (because they were fishermen).   
   Generally   
   he is represented as a young or middle-aged man. Saint Jude is invoked in   
   desperate situations (Roeder).   
      
   When Simon and Jude are pictured together, one holds a saw and the other the   
   falchion, but they are often confused. Fish, ships, and oars may be added to   
   the   
   images of either of the saints with the sole justification that they were   
   assumed to be cousins of the sons of Zebedee, who were fishermen (Appleton).   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   What could be more out of keeping with our holy religion then impure   
   language?   
   It   
   outrages God. It scandalizes our neighbor. Can a Christian really afford to   
   occupy   
   his mind with such horrible images?   
   - St. John Vianney   
      
   Bible Quote:   
    It is God who works in you both to will and to accomplish. Phil. 2:13   
      
      
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   The prayers ordered by Pope Leo XIII after the traditional Low Mass:   
      
   Hail Mary... (thrice)   
   Hail, Holy Queen...   
      
   O God, our refuge and strength, look down in mercy on Thy   
   people who cry to Thee;  and by the intercession of the   
   glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of St.   
   Joseph her spouse, of Thy apostles Peter and Paul, and of all   
   the saints, in mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the   
   conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of our   
   holy Mother the Church.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.   
      
   St. Michael, defend us in battle; be our safeguard against the   
   wickedness and snares of the Devil; may God rebuke him, we   
   humbly pray, and do thou, Prince of the Heavenly Host, by   
   the power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and all the other evil   
   spirits that prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.   
   Amen.   
   [Traditional indulgence of 300 days - Leo XIII 9/25/1888]   
      
   Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!   
   (thrice)[Traditional indulgence of 7 years and seven   
   quarantines - Pius X 6/17/1904]   
      
   Nihil Obstat:  Remy Lafort   
   Imprimatur: +  John M. Farley, Archbishop of N.Y.    Sept 19, 1908   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)