A 24-year-old medical student from Almería, Spain, he was martyred on May 22, 1938, in Turón, Granada, Spain, during the anti-Catholic violence of the Spanish Civil War. On May 22 we also remember Blessed José Quintas Duran. May today’s women, in her example, manifest her same enthusiasm for life and at the same time be capable of the same love that she reserved for everyone unconditionally.”-Pope Francis “ Saint Rita of Cascia, whose memorial we celebrate today, was a woman, a bride, a mother, a widow and nun of her time. To learn more about this tradition, click here. Both were found by the nuns even though it was not the right season for either. + According to ancient tradition, roses are often blessed on the feast of Saint Rita, recalling a legend that she asked for roses and figs as she was dying.
Today, Saint Rita is honored as the patron of impossible cases and her incorrupt remains are enshrined in a basilica dedicated in her honor in Cascia. + Saint Rita died on May 22, 1457, and was canonized in 1900. + Within her community, Rita was known for her spirit of obedience and her love of penance, as well as for her care of the sick nuns and the concern she showed for visitors to the monastery. May we humbly ask his will.+ Rita was graced to share in the Passion of Jesus-which was often the theme of her meditation and prayer-when she received a wound in her forehead, which seemed to have been made by a crown of thorns. Help us not to become bitter if God has not rewarded us as we think we deserve. Glorious St Rita, you did everything God asked of you, but he didn’t give you your heart’s desire. Relying then upon thy merits before the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray thee obtain for us our request. We ask you to intercede anywhere in our lives where there is discord and hatred, and for all families affected by animosity.
Glorious St Rita, you brokered peace between your husband’s family and the family of his murderer. Help all mothers, fathers and guardians of difficult children and teenagers to pray for them, and to entrust them to God’s providence and mercy. Glorious St Rita, you wanted the best for your sons even if it meant their death. We pray for all those fleeing from or experiencing domestic violence. Glorious St Rita, you lived for many years with a difficult husband at a time when there was no escape. Pray for us, O holy Saint Rita, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. We honor thy perfect union with the Divine Will, thy heroic sufferings during thy married life, the consolation thou didst experience at the conversion of thy husband, the sacrifice of thy children rather than see them grievously offend God, thy miraculous entrance into the convent, thy severe penances and thrice daily bloody scourgings, thy suffering caused by the wound thou didst receive from the thorn of thy Crucified Saviour, thy divine love which consumed thy heart, that remarkable devotion to the Blessed Sacrament on which alone thou didst exist for four years, the happiness with which thou didst part from thy trials to join thy Divine Spouse, the perfect example thou gavest to people of every state of life. We pray especially for (add your intention). We pray for those whose hopes have been frustrated. Glorious St Rita, you wanted to enter the convent but your parents arranged a marriage for you. Saint Rita, so humble, so pure, so mortified, so patient and of compassionate love for thy Crucified Jesus that thou couldst obtain from him whatsoever thou askest, on account of which all confidently have recourse to thee, expecting, if not always relief, at least comfort be propitious to our petition, showing thy power with God on behalf of thy suppliant be lavish to us, as thou hast been in so many wonderful cases, for the greater glory of God, for the spreading of thine own devotion, and for the consolation of those who trust in thee. O Holy Patroness of those in need, Saint Rita, whose pleadings before thy Divine Lord are almost irresistible, who for thy lavishness in granting favors hast been called the Advocate of the hopeless and even of the Impossible. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 👉 Pray the St Rita of Cascia Novena - Powerful Prayer for Impossible Causes with the Pray app
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