Chinese name

Oma Happy and Opa Tjwan went to temple to ask the nice chinese name of Ted based on 5 elements.
Gold : 2
Wood : 4
Water : 1
Fire : 2
Earth : 3

So the chinese name suggested is Yung Han (river), Yung Hai (ocean), Yung Thian (getting more) Yung Hung (bigger)
We chose Yung Hai/
So his chinese name is Lie Yung Hai

The Origin of Thaddeo Richard's name

Thaddeo is derived from St Jude Thaddeus.
Exactly October last year, our family has been experiencing financial turmoil especially for daddy who's the sole breadwinner. We ask St Jude Thaddeus who's the patron of desperate case to intercede our prayer to God especially during that time so we can have peace at heart and go through one day at a time.
And within a year, our prayer has been answered not only our financial has been solved, God has added more with new member of our family which is Ted.
In order to dedicate this moment as remembrance how St Jude Thaddeus helped our family, we give the name Thaddeo and the short nickname is Ted

Richard is the middle name meaning Strong or Brave Ruler.
We name it Richard because in May, daddy has been chosen by our parish priest Fr. Richards Ambrose to serve the Lord as Communion Minister.
It's such a privilege to serve the Body of Christ therefore it's another remembrance so he may grow up well not only physically but also spiritual

The story of St Jude Thaddeus

Feast day : October 28
Patron of desperate causes and situations

St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. He was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus and his attribute is a club. Images of St. Jude often include a flame around his head, which represent his presence at Pentecost, when he accepted the Holy Spirit alongside the other apostles. Another attribute is St. Jude holding an image of Christ, in the Image of Edessa.

Sometimes he can also be seen holding a carpenter's ruler or is depicted with a scroll or book, the Epistle of Jude.

Biblical scholars agree St. Jude was a son of Clopas and his mother Mary was the Virgin Mary's cousin. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem.

Saint Jude is not the same person as Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Our Lord and despaired because of his great sin and lack of trust in God's mercy.

Jude was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection. Little else is known of his life. Legend claims that he visited Beirut and Edessa and could have been martyred with St. Simon in Persia.

He is an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. Though Saint Gregory the Illuminator has been credited as the "Apostle to the Armenians," the Apostles Jude and Bartholomew are believed to have brought Christianity to Armenia, where Jude was rumored to have later been martyred.

There is some debate about where Jude died, though most Biblical scholars agree he was martyred. He is believed to have been martyred either in Armenia or Beirut.

Following his death, St. Jude's body was brought to Rome and left in a crypt in St. Peter's Basilica. Today his bones can be found in the left transept of St. Peter's Basilica under the main altar of St. Joseph in a tomb he shares with the remains of the apostle Simon the Zealot.

Pilgrims came to St. Jude's grave to pray and many reported a powerful intercession, leading to the title, "The Saint for the Hopeless and the Despaired." Two Saints, St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Bernard, had visions from God asking them to accept St. Jude as "The Patron Saint of the Impossible."

Roman Catholics invoke St. Jude when in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances -just as their forefathers had done before them; therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases.