Why SJOI?

(ST. JUDE ON INTERNET)

We See    we are not just in a material world.

We See    we have a spiritual essence temporarily in a human body.

We See    the purpose of our life is the growth of our spiritual essence through loving action in the material world.

We See   the need to advance individually, each day, with fun, faith, love, purpose, and zest, realizing advancement also comes collectively.

We See   lifelong learning is a gift of God to enhance the soul.

We See   to achieve advancements we need seek intuitive guidance through prayer and meditation.

We See   America's need for God and the Jesus ethical system in the public square.

We See   the need to assist others in locating their paths to achieve their advancements.

We See   our individual and collective advancements go with us to the next plane.

Why SJOI?

PRAYER WORKS

The Power of Jude — An Amazing Little Book

This is truly an amazing story. This amazing little book, The Power of Jude, was written in 1992 by a group of friends who, for no apparent reason, researched and wrote it. It was self published by one of the group and distributed to friends and neighbors, a few churches, and to hospitals and other places. Because of this little book, a website was created at judepower.org, and a nonprofit corporation (St. Jude on Internet) was created to assist in the distribution of the book. The friends eventually went their separate ways and there was little activity with the book. But somehow the book took off all by itself!

One of the first things that occurred was that the accountant for the nonprofit, a non-Catholic, became so involved in the book, then he does the tax and accounting work, pro bono. (Which is much appreciated.) Then, over the years, the book meandered throughout California and into the rest of the United States. People would write to the website of how the book miraculously helped them out. Others would call on the telephone asking if they could buy the book. The book wasn't sold because of the cumbersome governmental paperwork. Usually the book was sent - at no charge. The address for the publication of the book and the nonprofit was in Redondo Beach, California. Occasionally people would knock on the door explaining how the book had been of such enormous assistance to them. Once was a mother of pre-teen children who had problems and credited the book with the solutions. She insisted that she donate $25 to the nonprofit. Her appearance, although sturdy and smiling, obviously indicated financial difficulties. The nonprofit refused to accept the money at first, but it became so apparent that this donation was of such vital importance to the mother, that it was accepted.

The book kept traveling for five or six years then, in 1999, it seemed to stop. Some activity continued, but very limited. The book laid dormant for a few of years. Then sometime in the Fall of 2006, the book seems to come to life again. Inquiries were made. There was some activity on the website. But the big event had to do with the little book making it to Japan. The story is that one of the readers of the book said she was in New York and the little book with her. She had gotten into a cab at exactly the same time as a couple of young men from Japan. They decided to ride together and, for whatever reason, at the end of the ride, she handed the little book to one of the Japanese men who was studying to become a Buddhist monk. In the book she had her address and phone number and invited the student to call her with his reaction to the little book. She reported that about a year later the student called and said he had read the little book over and over, and was either going to convert to Christianity or was going to embody the little book into his Buddhist philosophy. That's when the decision was made to start promoting this amazing little book.

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