Saint Jude 7 Day Glass Candle

When Every Door Is Closed. When Hope Itself Has Run Out. There Is Still One More Saint to Call.

There is a particular kind of prayer that is different from all other prayers. It is not the prayer of someone who is hopeful. It is not the prayer of someone who has options. It is the prayer of someone who has tried everything, exhausted every avenue, watched every door close, and arrived at the place where human effort simply has nothing left to offer. That prayer has a patron saint. His name is Jude.

San Judas Tadeo. Saint Jude Thaddaeus. Apostle of Jesus, cousin of the Lord, author of the epistle that bears his name. And the patron of hopeless causes. Of desperate cases. Of the situations that everyone else, human and divine, seems to have given up on.

He is petitioned in hospitals when the diagnosis is terminal. In courtrooms when the case looks unwinnable. In homes where the debt has become impossible and the eviction notice is on the door. In the hearts of people who love someone in the grip of addiction and cannot reach them. In the quiet, desperate prayers of those who have been brought to their knees and have nowhere left to turn.

And he answers. The testimony of those who have prayed to Saint Jude fills newspapers and church bulletins across the Americas. The thank-you notices placed by those who promised to publish their gratitude if he came through. He comes through. That is why they keep calling on him.

The Saint Jude 7 Day Glass Candle is for the moment when hope is gone and you need a miracle. Light it. Tell him everything. He has heard worse. He has answered worse. He is listening.

Traditional Petitions

• Desperate and hopeless situations — his defining patronage; the saint of last resort when all other hope is exhausted
• Impossible medical situations — terminal diagnoses, unexplained conditions, miraculous healing when medicine has no more answers
• Financial desperation — crushing debt, imminent eviction or foreclosure, situations with no visible way out
• Lost causes in relationships — marriages on the absolute brink, permanent estrangements, relationships everyone else has given up on
• Unwinnable legal situations — cases that look hopeless, charges that seem impossible to beat
• Employment and career collapse — when the financial situation is truly dire and no human effort has been enough
• Addiction and recovery — petitioned for those in the grip of addiction when the situation feels beyond human reach
• Any situation where the petitioner has nowhere else to turn — Saint Jude is the last resort, and he is known for answering

How to Work This Candle

Come to Saint Jude exactly as you are desperate, exhausted, out of options. He does not require you to be composed. He requires you to be honest. Write your petition naming the situation in full: what it is, how long it has been going on, what you have already tried, and what miracle you need. Do not minimize it. Saint Jude specializes in the situations that seem too far gone. The more impossible it looks, the more squarely it falls within his patronage. Place the petition beneath the candle. Dress the top of the glass with Saint Jude oil or a simple anointing oil. His colors are green and white; his image shows him holding a medallion with the face of Christ and a flame above his head. Light the candle and speak your petition aloud all of it, without holding back. Then make him a promise: if he intercedes, you will tell others. The tradition of publishing thank-you notices to Saint Jude is one of the oldest and most beautiful in the folk Catholic world. It is how the testimony of his power has spread for generations. Honor that tradition if he comes through for you.

Each candle is approximately 8 inches tall and burns for up to 7 days.