St. Rita
Patron of impossible cases
1381 - 1457
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. 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 Saviour," 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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Happy belated feast day St. Rita. My current situation is simply impossible now. My husband is not communicating with my children & I. Please pray for me. My patience is running low as I am single-handledly taking care of my family now. Please pray for my husband. Please help me.
Dear St, Rita,
Happy Feast Day! You are my inspiration, my namesake and my hope for happier days ahead. I always wondered why I was named Rita, but have come to realize that is it because of you... to watch over me, guide me and give me the strength to handle the impossible situations in my life. The father of my two sons passed away 8 years ago and my heart is still broken. I need your strength to move on and get past it. My life is in another turmoil and I need more strength to get through these difficult days. I an honored to have two sons just like you and I love them endlessly. Thank you for that gift. You gave me the gift of patience, endurance and fairness. I am a giver and help others whenever I can. I am a good person, like you St Rita, and thank you for your wonderful qualities. Please help me to get the monster out of my life soon.
Dearest St. Rita, Happy Feast Day. Thank you for all that I have in my life. Thank you God for always watching over me. My dearest St. Rita, you are the Saint of the Impossible, ans the Advocate of the Hopeless. You answer prayers and guide those who are in need. My dearest St. Rita, I beg you to listen and guide me through my difficult times. The impossible in my life is this: My boyfriend keeps punishing me due to past trust issues in his past relationships. He does not listen, he does not understand yet he punishes me time and time again of what he thinks I'm doing wrong. St. Rita I tell you I am the utmost loving, respectful, faithful and kindhearted girlfriend and I know I don't do wrong. I love him so much St. Rita, I want him to be my Prince Charming as I have always begged God for one. Help him understand me, listen to me, trust me and cherish me. I beg you give him a sense of maturity so my punishment can stop. O St. Rita, you bend your ear to listen to our prayers and your graciousness can not be thanked enough. I pledge to spread your devotion and your wonderful glory. Please help me St. Rita, help the impossible in my life, because I really feel that it is impossible to try to get through to my man. I ask of you to let trust reside in my relationship with my boyfriend and to show unconditional love, because right now I don't feel any love from him. My dearest St. Rita I beg you please bring the trust in my relationship and help the love seep through.
Thank you for your greatness O Holy Patroness, I beg you for your help. You are forever in my heart.
Happy feast day, St. Rita. Please grant the request I ardently pray for. In your honor I will make a donation to charity.
St. Rita, Your blessed life with absolute faith in God, that transcended all the trials and temptations of this earthly life is an inspiration to all of us. Please do pray for us to follow your foot steps.
Dear St. Rita, thank you for knowing you. Thank you for your great love to our GOD. Thank you for the life you shared to us. I ask your intercerssion to our GOD through Jesus about our family situation now - my younger brother got an accident and died and my younger sister's life - her broken's life - I begged you to ask to our GOD throught Jesus for the healing of our family especially healing of hurts and forgiveness, especially the murderer of my younger brother - may GOD healing touch be upon us all. St. Rita I begged you to intercede for me and my family... amen !
Dear St. Rita,
I was in my mediation training tonight at a local Catholic law school and one of the professors told us about you and offered rose petals that had been pressed and then blessed by the priest. He told us you are the patron saint of impossible things. Well, I am 33 and my relationship with the man I thought I was going to marry just ended. I am heartbroken, both because of the loss of that relationship, and because I have been waiting for so long for God to bless me with a husband and children. This desire seems impossible to me at the moment, so I am praying to you that God will bless me with the husband and children I have always wanted. Thank you, St. Rita.
Dear Saint,
I pray for my wife. Please lessen her burden and help us to be united and live together as family at the earliest. Help us to overcome all the difficulties with the faith and trust on our Lord Jesus Christ. Enable us to bear all the struggles patiently. Console her of all the problems she faces in bringing up our children. Enlighten her to the will of God and inspire her to be courageous and patient. Grant her peace of mind and joy. Fill her up with the Love of God that she is guided by the Holy Spirit in all her desires and dreams and makes wise and informed decision. Bless her with good health and happiness. Amen.
My dear Saint Rita,
I feel your presence everyday! Thank you for watching over me, my beautiful boys and my family. Thank you for listening and all your miracles. You had changed my life!
Dearest St. Rita, happy feast day! Three years ago I became Catholic, and the devout, pious lady who mentored me gave me a saint card of you, St. Rita. This lady knew that my wife and children were not Catholic -- not even Christian.
St. Rita, I saw that as a sign that you chose me to be my patron saint. You are also the patron saint of impossible cases. Please help me to overcome my mental illness, depression, and anxiety. St. Rita, I know that you interceded for me during the two times that I attempted suicide. Thank you for your prayers and for being my patron saint. I don't feel comfortable referring to you as a patroness saint; it sounds sexist to me.
Thank you for everything, dearest St. Rita. I have two little boys just like you had. Please pray for them and for my wife, who is a non-believer. Amen.
My Dearest St. Rita, today is May the 22nd your feast Day, I am so happy to have you in my life, I am nothing without you, you made a lot of miracles in my life, please St. Rita I need you more than ever, please make my husband forget all the problems he had with my parents and let me enjoy every moment with my husband and my kids, I feel so down and sad don't leave me alone, please bring back love and respect in between me and my husband, I love my family and I don't want to loose anyone. Please don't leave me alone and I know you won't. Love you more than my life.
I was married 52 years ago at St Rita Parish at Philam Life Homes, Quezon City, Philipppines, and I thiank you, St. Rita for helping my husband and me in keeping Faith in the Sacrament of Marriage all these years.
Dearest saint Rita, happy feast day, am thanking you for your powerful intercession on me and my family. Praying for your intercession my husband ambition to become the next cordinator of their dc. Praying dat my children michael and mary will be grant wisdom and knowledge to know how to read and write, to be a good mother to them. For safe gestation period and i wil deliver safely like d hebrew women. For spiritual uplifement on me and my family. For peace and protection. And i promise to promote your dervotion with all my strenght.
i am happy i have read about thi saint right on time when i was about to give up my marriage due to the never ending abuses but now i have someone to rely on for prayers. Dear St. Rita pray for me to remain fathfull, humble and steadfast al all times. pray for my husband to stop his violent behaviours. Amen.
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I pray two you great saint Rita and ask you in faith two pray for me and my family
I ask for your help in my work
I pray two you that my family and friends that have pasted are happy in heaven
I pray two you that i may be happy and lucky on earth
I pray two you in great faith
God Bless us all
Amen
Happy feast day, Saint Rita! Please intercede for me that I can be reunited with my husband and 2 kids. I pray that my husband's visa will be approved. I'm so desperate, St. Rita. There's so much pain in my heart because of my separation from my family.
I prayed to St. Rita for something small but important to me. Together with St. Anthony, she answered immediately.
I believe there is no prayer insignificant to her if it's from the heart. Thank you, St. Rita. Thank you, St. Anthony.
Happy Feast Day our beloved St Rita, we honour you for your continued intercession. Please
pray for me and my husband that the Lord may bless us and give us strength and faith to worship him whole heartedly.
Happy Feast Day St. Rita. Thank you for all you have done for me. I am forever grateful to you. When times are hard, I pray to you. You have always helped me get through the struggles and never abandoned me. Please continue to watch over and guide me on a a good path. Help me become a better person and fulfill the duties that God wants me to do. I promise to so the best I can to help those who are in need. Thank you for everything St. Rita. I will continue to pray to you. Happy Feast Day.
Happy Feast Day Saint Rita!
Please bless me and my husband with a healthy baby. Thank you so much!