Today, October 28th we celebrate the Feast Day of Saints Simon and Jude. Both were Apostles of the Lord. Simon was known as the Zealot and Jude Thaddeus, also known as the brother of James.
Both saints were also martyred around 65 AD, and the objects attributed to them are the ones that were used in their untimely deaths: an axe for St. Jude, a saw for St. Simon. Fittingly, both their remains were laid to rest in the same tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica.
O God, we thank you for the glorious company of the apostles, and especially on this day for Simon and Jude; and we pray that, as they were faithful and zealous in their mission, so we may with ardent devotion make known the love and mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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