To be a little cheeky: St. Jude is the patron saint of Lost Causes, and what cause seemed more lost than Christ’s in the evening-tide of His holy life? What cause was more just, indeed, than Christ’s? The dichotomy of Christianity will always be openly present in contradictions. When you see a lost cause being fought for with great vigor in a losing and humble manner, you know absolutely that it is a Christian cause. Our Lord loves to work in seemingly contradictory ways. The Lost Cause that was St. Paul suddenly became the greatest triumph of Heaven one day, on a grand avenue to a great city.
The greatest causes always seem to be the lost ones, which keeps us fighting and praying. Sorry if my definition isn’t legalistic or formulaic enough… but I’m a poet!
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