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Saint for the Month
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 ST.
RITA
- Feastday: May 22
- Patron of
Impossible Cases
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- St. Rita was born
at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to
allow her to enter a convent. Instead, they arranged a marriage for her.
Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent
temper. In anger, he often mistreated his wife. He taught their children
his own evil ways. Rita tried to perform her duties faithfully and to
pray and receive the sacraments frequently. After nearly twenty years of
marriage, her husband was stabbed by an enemy but before he died, he
repented because Rita prayed for him. Shortly afterwards, her two sons
died, and Rita was alone in the world. Prayer, fasting, penances of many
kinds, and good works filled her days.
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- She was admitted
to the convent of the Augustinian nuns at Cascia in Umbria, and began a
life of perfect obedience and great charity. Sister Rita had a great
devotion to the Passion of Christ. "Please let me suffer like you,
Divine Savior," she said one day, and suddenly one of the thorns from
the crucifix struck her on the forehead. It left a deep wound which did
not heal and which caused her much suffering for the rest of her life.
She died on May 22, 1457. She is the patroness of impossible cases. Her
feast day is May 22.
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