I love St. Jude; my grandmother passed on her devotion to me. As a result if the baby I am currently waiting for is a boy his name will be Jude as I promised St. Jude before the baby was. I have a hope that maybe the baby will be born on his upcoming feast day on October 28th! My due date is November 3, so you never know!
Thanks for sharing your story, Arwen!

Arwen, where was this post 15 years ago??!! We have 5, and they were all lousy sleepers…I think I was a zombie most of their early years. We too prayed, and just accepted that God’s answer was “no”. But we didn’t think to try St. Jude! Will definitely keep him in mind for whatever cause comes up next!

We also have a devotion to St Jude.  Especially during our times of suffering he has been a great consolation to us in these seemingly “impossible times” after the death of our son, Henry.  About six months after our son passed away, I became pregnant and had a miscarriage early in my first trimester.  We named that sweet baby Jude Thomas.  We now have another sweet son named Francis Simon, as Simon and Jude share a feast day.  St Jude, pray for us!  I never thought of praying to St Jude for a non-sleeper (of which I have had many).  Our Francis is quite a wonderful sleeper.  Perhaps St Jude and our dear son, Jude, have been interceding in this regard!  Praise the Lord!

What a lovely story. I think its so important that families don’t forget the amazing amount of grace our Lord offers us if we are willing to focus a little and put our energies into prayer.
Each time my husband has gone for a new job, we have prayed a Novena to St.s Terese of Liseux and Joseph of Cupertino (patrons of aviators), and each time he has received a job offer. The one time we were distracted and busy and didn’t pray the novena, he forgot his paperwork for the interview and had a generally terrible time of it.
To me it is clear proof that the Saints are able and willing to intercede on our behalf and all we have to do is ask.

My grandma has a huge devotion to St. Jude - she asks for his intercession for all sorts of things.  Along with her rosary, praying for his intercession is her go-to devotion.  I haven’t thought much about him (although, I have to admit that St. Joe is my go-to guy), but this is the second post I’ve read in as many days about St. Jude.  hmmmm….

Congrats on the sleep!

I’m starting my Novena today… 

THANK YOU!! Our little Joseph is 11 months old and keeps us up a lot too. My husband asked me the other day if I had posted about it and asked for advice…which i hadn’t. also-we have been struggling a little with our prayer life. i think this might jump start both! This post is Heaven sent i am sure!

I scoffed when my mom suggested I pray to St. Jude about selling our home.  It’s not a lost cause, it’s not because we NEED to sell our house; we just want to.  I, too, have felt it so frivolous to bother him with a want, instead of a need.  But, now I see, he is who I probably need start a novena to!

Debbie ~ I, too, thought St. Jude was not the saint to pray to for the sale of a home (we are currently struggling with my inlaws home sale…borrowed money to pay off their mortgage but still need to pay property taxes and no buyer in sight!) ... I will ask St. Jude in conjunction with dear St. Joseph’s intercession.  Thanks, Arwen for telling us of the happy outcome, and thank you, St. Jude!

I have always felt close to St. Jude and St. Anthony, and I have shared my “devotion” and “little prayers” about them to others.  I honestly do not feel that they think any prayer or request is small ~ and don’t forget to thank them too.

Thank You so much for sharing this. I have forgotten about St. Jude. My parents had a devotion to him. I think I will start this novena for an issue I have struggled with for some time. Thank You !!