Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Hey ... Jude!



Yesterday, December 18, 2023, at a local church near us we had the rare opportunity to venerate the โ€œArm of Saint Judeโ€. It is relic of a fragment of the actual arm bone of Apostle Jude. He walked with Jesus; and, that is, in every sense of the word.

Saint Jude is the much acclaimed โ€œSaint of Impossible Causesโ€.

The relic has been venerated since ancient times. It is currently visiting from Rome on a 100 city pilgrimage in the United States.

The reliquary is modeled after the forearm in a posture of blessing.

Spend a moment and contemplate that historic relic is from an arm which was literally arm in arm with Christ.

It also wasnโ€™t lost on me how it is positioned in the vertical. And, how that vertical blessing includes Gravity itself as a blessing.

Whatโ€™s up! Hey, Jude!

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