St rita prayer book11/28/2023 She was willing to accept a mother’s grief for the sake of her sons’ souls. She chose their eternal life over their earthly life. God accepted her prayer and her sons died of illness. When her husband was killed in a vendetta, Saint Rita even asked God that her sons should die rather than commit murder and continue the vendetta. As it turned out they didn’t choose very well but Rita accepted it all and was a good wife to her bad husband. And what would happen to her if they were already dead? So they chose a husband for her. She was a good Christian woman who wanted to become a nun but her elderly parents were afraid she might change her mind and leave the convent. Saint Rita is a good example of how we can’t second guess God. Did she know how much the wound would stink? And how unpopular that would make her with her sisters? God is the mover, not the moved When Saint Rita asked for a thorn from Christ’s crown she was probably thinking of secret suffering. Menu Search for something Submit search query Search Search for something Submit search query Search.The CTS Newsletter – 10% Off Your Next Order.Weekly Spotlight: Historic Beatification!.Amen.St Rita of Cascia and the Wound That Wouldn’t Heal | Catholic Truth Society O God, Who in Thine infinite tenderness hast vouchsafed to regard the prayer of Thy servant, Blessed Rita, and dost grant to her supplication that which is impossible to human foresight, skill and efforts, in reward of her compassionate love and firm reliance on Thy promise, have pity on our adversity and succor us in our calamities, that the unbeliever may know Thou art the recompense of the humble, the defense of the helpless, and the strength of those who trust in Thee, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Rita, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Relying then upon thy merits and power before the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray thee grant that (here mention your request).īy the singular merits of thy childhood, obtain for us our request.īy thy perfect union with the Divine Will, obtain for us our request.īy thy heroic sufferings during thy married life, obtain for us our request.īy the consolation thou didst experience at the conversion of thy husband, obtain for us our request.īy the sacrifice of thy children rather than see them grievously offend God, obtain for us our request.īy the severe penances and trice daily scourgings, obtain for us our request.īy the suffering caused by the wound thou didst receive from the thorn of thy Crucified Savior, obtain for us our request.īy the divine love which consumed thy heart, obtain for us our request.īy that remarkable devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, on which alone thou dost exist for four years, obtain for us our request.īy the happiness with which thou didst part from thy trials to join thy Divine Spouse, obtain for us our request.īy the perfect example you gavest to people of every state of life, obtain for us our request. We promise, if our petition is granted, to glorify thee by making known thy favor, to bless and sing thy praises forever. Rita, so humble, so pure, so mortified, so patient and of such compassionate love for the 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. 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 St.
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