Saint Rita of Cascia

Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Cassia's Rita is a member of his wife, mother, widow, and religious group. Her sanctity is reflected in every phase of her life.

Rita, born in Roccaporena in central Italy, wanted to be a nun, but when she was young she was forced to marry a cruel and cruel man. She gave birth to two sons during 18 years of marriage. Her husband was killed at a fight, her son was dead, and Rita tried to enter Cassia's Sister Augustine. Initially, she was a widow, so Rita finally succeeded.

Over the years, her austerity, prayers, and charity have become legendary. When her forehead got scratched, people quickly bound them to the wounds of Christ's thorns. She often meditates on Christ's passion. She is particularly concerned about taking care of a sick nun. She also advised non-experts who came to her monastery.

Rita was beautified in 1626 and was not officially sealed until 1900. She gained fame in St. Jude and became a saint in case it was impossible. A lot of people visit her grave every year.

You can easily imagine an ideal world in which you can be baptized, but such a world does not exist. "Only in case ...". The way of holiness never begins and will never bear fruit that God has the right to expect.

Rita became sacred as her choice reflected her growth as her baptism and Jesus' disciples. Her life-long choice is to cooperate generously with God's grace, but many small choices need to be made to achieve this. Even if Rita becomes an Augustine nuns, these choices are hardly made under ideal conditions.

Casita's Santa Rita (born May 22, 1438 in Margarita Lotti) was a widow in Italy, Sister Augustine was honored as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Rita got married very young. This marriage lasted 18 years, during which she remembered as a model wife and mother for Christian values, and she tried to convert her husband from abuse. After her husband was killed by a family with another quarrel, she tried to discourage her son from revenge. Then she joined the Augustine religious sister community. So she was known for her physical humiliation and prayers. Miracles of all kinds are attributed to her intercession, and her forehead is often drawn as a hemorrhagic wound, which is considered partial shame.

After the death of her husband and son, Rita wanted to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in Cassia, but was refused. The monastery acknowledged Rita 's good character and godliness, but because of her husband' s violent death scandal, the nuns were afraid to associate with her. But she insisted on her career and got state before the monaster accepted her. It is the work of reconciliation between her family and her husband's murderer. She helped her with three patrons (Baptist John, Hippo Augustine, and Trentino's Nicholas) and asked Cassia to establish peace among hostile political parties. A popular religious story is reminiscent of the plague that destroyed Italy then infected Bernard Mancini and motivated him to fight the Chiki family again. She was able to resolve conflicts between families and was allowed to enter the monastery at the age of 36.