Happy Feast Day of Sts Simon and Jude, apostles of the Lord! Simon and Jude were among the twelve men Jesus chose to lead his Church. Tradition holds that after Pentecost Simon preached the Gospel in Edessa and Jude in Egypt. The two apostles met in Persia, where they suffered martyrdom on the same day. “Our Lord has appointed certain men to be guides and teachers of the world and stewards of his divine mysteries. Now he bids them to shine out like lamps and to cast their light over every country. These holy men become the pillar and mainstay of the truth, and Jesus said that he was sending them just as the Father had sent him” -Saint Cyril of Alexandria