The Life of Jude: Saint of the Impossible

by Brian Morgan

Overview

Saint Jude: The Story That"s Never Been Told

At the start of the third millennium after the birth of Christ, a man long dead is alive in the hearts of millions, and this book sets out to unravel what is one of the most intriguing mysteries in Christian history – who is Saint Jude?

Jude - Judas Thaddeus – was not the Iscariot, not the traitor. He was a cousin of Jesus Christ and the most obscure of the Twelve Apostles. This is the man they now call the Saint of the Impossible, the Patron of Desperate Cases, the Hope of the Helpless, the Help of the Hopeless, the Saint of Last Resort...

Unshakeable belief in Saint Jude

Why and how did he gain such a reputation? Why do so many people around the world have an unshakeable belief in him – in his ability to help when hope is gone and despair has set in?

In this modern era, he is seen in notices of petition and thanks in newspapers and websites around the world. Web pages are devoted to him and attract many thousands of visitors. All over the world, shrines in his name attract millions.

50 years of Saint Jude research

Brian Morgan first heard of Jude’s reputation in 1962 and became fascinated. Who was this man? He began research in a dusty old Catholic library in Sydney and this research continued, part-time and in many places, for 50 years. After about 30 years of that work, he lost all his notes in a house move and had to start again.

He was determined to look for answers that have intrigued the faithful for two millennia and was drawn into the great, sweeping saga of the birth of Christianity, told through the life of an extraordinary man.

A true-to-life story of Saint Jude

In the end, he has written the most accurate and true-to-life story he could write of this obscure saint. The Life of Jude is a breath-taking story by a master story-teller.

This is a story many believed could never be written. Some said it should not be written. It’s a story of faith, a love story, a story of religious zeal. It’s a saga drawn over a blood-soaked landscape in extraordinary times. A story of the triumph of hope over despair.

But, above all, it begins to answer questions for believers all over the world. No-one has ever been more beloved by the outcasts of the world, the destitute, the sick, the frightened, the lonely, the dying.

Many know of Jude; few know about him.

The Life of Jude. This is his story. It is as true as a story can be that waited 2000 years to be told.

HERE’S WHAT EXPERTS HAVE SAID:

A very accomplished, sustained piece of writing. Polished in style and execution, seamlessly telling the story of a man beyond time and place. A captivating journey.
Archimede Fusillo, judge of the FAW National Literary award.
This book is full of breath-taking highlights. We actually witness the birth of Christianity. Brian Morgan has impressed me with evidence of very thorough research. It is a fascinating topic very well handled. I don’t very often get this excited about a work in progress.
Brendan Longcore, book editor, reviewing the draft manuscript.
I love what you have written. So many cultures, so much research... my God. Many, many people have waited a long time for this story. Jude is so popular all over the world that your book cannot fail. And it’s not just the story... you write so very, very well.
Joyce Patterson, reviewer and former editor.
This is a very impressive effort. You have written a story never before told in a way that is uniquely yours. I doubt if anyone has assembled this amount of information about Jude. A highly commendable project that deserves a wide readership.
Don Purvis, Professor of English Literature.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046055726
Publisher:	Brian Morgan
Publication date:	07/02/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	317 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Brian Morgan is a former business leader, and a national award-winning journalist, editor, publisher and author. He lives with his wife, Judy, and grandson, Thomas, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, after living most of their lifetime in Sydney.

He has always declared his family to be his first and foremost interest, and has two children (with partners) and five grandchildren.

Brian received a private school education through high school before a range of tertiary studies. He has served as a teacher at TAFE colleges, teaching writing, publishing and related subjects. He has also been a small business seminar leader, and conducted workshops for and lectured to groups like the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

Brian was the founder of a number of businesses and institutions set up for charitable, educational and business purposes. He has had several successful careers, and has now embarked on another, as co-founder and Director of the PiPS Institute (Professional Independent Publishing Standards), established in 2015.

His first career was in business, where he chalked up a number of major achievements in national and multi-national companies. For example, he worked government ministers and industry leaders to initiate reform and restructure of the credit union movement in Australia, and helped a major multi-national business restructure its operations and take over a company that was bigger than itself.

As an employee or as a consultant, he has experience in many industries, including insurance, finance and banking, manufacturing, distribution, computer industry, printing, publishing, pastoral interests, advertising and marketing, service industries and the retail sector. He has considerable experience and expertise in event organisation and management.

His particular interest, however, has been small business and he set up a number of ventures over the years for himself and others. He founded businesses in many areas, including printing, publishing, event organization, marketing and consulting.

He also founded the Australian Institute for the Self-Employed to educate and train the self-employed and small business people through his writings. He wrote a Small Business Course that was studied by many business people around Australia.

However, writing was his first love and he gave up that successful career in business to learn the writing craft through journalism. His rise was rapid. He worked as journalist, sub-editor, editor, editor-in-chief, managing editor and general manager on a range of mastheads in the Fairfax and Courier newspaper groups, winning numerous state and national awards in the process.

He also worked as CEO and publisher on one regional and five national magazines and has served as contributing editor on an Australian literary journal. Three of his five magazines were national business magazines in Australia.

His writing has been highly acclaimed and translated for Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese audiences. He wrote a paper for the Australian Press Council Prize based on his experiences in journalism.

A literary agent in Chicago, Jane Jordan Browne, managed to present only one of Brian’s projects, The Legend of the Christmas Prayer, to publishers before her sad and untimely death. The Legend became a sell-out best-seller in America and Great Britain and was translated into Japanese, where it was also successful.

Despite this success, Brian has turned away from traditional publishing in favour of independent publishing and now has a range of books available on Smashwords and in other online stores.

Brian Morgan has also served his local community and business in a range of capacities, and past affiliations include: Associate of Australian Society of Accountants; Member of Institute of Affiliate Accountants; Member Accountants’ Professional Information Panel; Member Australian Institute of Management; Founder Australian Institute for the Self-Employed; Member Media and Entertainment and Arts Alliance and House Committee Chairman; Patron and life member of community organizations.