...the LORD is my portion ... He is good to those
whose hope is in Him... Lamentations 3:24, 25
"Christ Jesus had stolen the heart of Rita –
He alone possessed it.
He made her heart His heart;
and under the white veils of the Eucharist
He was for her soul, as He is for all loving hearts,
heaven upon earth.
How sweet is the moment in which poor humanity,
wearied and afflicted, may remain alone,
with Jesus alone, in the Sacrament of Love;
for there the Lord, with His flaming heart open,
calls unto all, 'You that are burdened and heavy
laden, come unto Me and I will refresh you.' "
Fr M.J. Corcoran, OSA
Our Own St Rita: A Life of the Saint of the Impossible
Our Own St Rita: A Life of the Saint of the Impossible
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St Rita of Cascia
Italy ~ 1381-1457
Wife, Mother, Augustinian Nun
Stigmatist, Incorrupt
Stigmatist, Incorrupt
Patron of Impossible Cases*
*especially matrimonial difficulties
*especially matrimonial difficulties
Feast Day - May 22
"The saint of Cascia belongs to the great host
of Christian women who "have had a significant
impact on the life of the Church as well as of society"
(Apostolic Letter Mulieris dignitatem, n. 27).
Rita well interpreted the "feminine genius"
by living it intensely in both physical and
spiritual motherhood. " - St John Paul II
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St Rita's emblem in art is the rose
(miraculously bloomed in the winter of her death)
"Rita offers her rose to each of you: in receiving it, spiritually strive to live as a witness to a hope
that never disappoints and as missionaries of a life
that conquers death." - St JP II
National Shrine in South Philadelphia, PA
https://www.saintritashrine.org/
St Rita of Cascia, pray for us!
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