![]() ![]() He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing" (Jn 15:4-5). "Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. The Cardinal recalled how the Gospel passage tells of Jesus reminding us that we must be united to Him like the branch to the vine. United to Christ, like the branch to the vine He died, but also dying were Rita's two sons, shortly after her spouse died, leaving her alone. John Paul II emphasized that the stigmata shining on her forehead is "the authentication of her Christian maturity." The Lord, he continued, "gave Saint Rita the grace 'to bear in her heart and on her forehead, the signs of Christ's love and passion.'"īefore Rita was a religious sister, she had been in a terrible marriage, where her husband was abusive. ![]() In preparing for this event, he recalled his review of the records printed for her canonization, as he praised the intense life of the saint, who was a spouse, widow, and consecrated, and her stigmata. The Cardinal expressed gratitude for the invitation to celebrate the Eucharist with the faithful of Cascia, and all the pilgrims who traveled there, on the feast of this saint, who is "so universally known, loved, and invoked." Rita was born in 1381, near the Umbrian town of Cascia, in the village of Roccaporena. This was an invitation offered by the Vatican's Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, during the beloved Saint's Liturgical Feast, today, 22 May, during his homily in Cascia, Italy. The feast day of Saint Rita of Cascia is May 22.Seek Santa Rita, convinced that as Patron Saint of Impossible Causes, she can continue working her miracles today. Canonization followed long after, on May 24, 1900.Ħ. Saint Rita of Cascia was beatified in the year 1627. Saint Rita of Cascia is a stigmatist – she suffers the wounds of Jesus Christ, specifically the wound in the middle of her forehead caused by Christ’s crown of thorns.ĥ. Instead, she worked hard and was successful in reconciling the two conflicting families.įinally, because of Saint Rita’s perseverance, hard work, and prayers, she was finally accepted to the Monastery.Ĥ. ![]() She was denied acceptance several times in the monastery, because the nuns were afraid they would get involved in the conflict between two families – the same conflict which involved her deceased husband.ĭespite the repeated rejection, Saint Rita did not give up. Her desire to enter the Monastery of Saint Mary Magdelene as an Augustinian Nun as a story of inspiration which showed her virtue of perseverance. She was accepted as a nun in an Augustinian monastery in Cascia, hence the name.ģ. The place of birth of Saint Rita of Cascia is not actually in Cascia by in a place called Roccaporena. Saint Rita of Cascia’s real Italian name is Rita Lotti.Ģ. Here are some interesting facts, information and trivia about Saint Rita of Cascia, the Patron Saint of the Lost Causes.ġ. ![]()
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