Jude Thaddeus

Jude   "'In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.'
   "Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, 'Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?'
   "Jesus answered and said to him, 'Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.'" (John 14:19-23)

Thaddeus. Also known as “Judas the brother of James.” “The tenth of apostle in Mark’s list, 3:18, followed by Matthew, 10:3, is Thaddeus; Luke’s lists, however, both have Simon the Zealot in the tenth place, and Judas the son of James in the eleventh place. It would seem that Thaddeus is another name for this mysterious Judas the son of James. Thaddeus is one of the two apostles credited by Armenian tradition with the evangelization of Armenia; they where Thaddeus and Bartholomew” (Edgar J. Goodspeed. The Twelve, The Story of Christ’s Apostles. New York: Collier Books, 1962. p. 53).

    St Jude Thaddeus, whose feast is celebrated on October 28 was a brother of James the Less and is often called the “saint of the impossible.”  It was to him that Jesus spoke these words at the Last Supper, “Whoever loves Me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.”  He is depicted holding a book symbolizing his widespread mission of evangelization.
    In the window below his chosen symbol is a ship on the water because of his vast missionary endeavors.  The window denoting the virtue of prayer above is signified by the cross and the praying hands encircled by a Rosary. (Compiled by Phyllis Evans)

Simon and Jude, General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI, 10/11/06