9/20/2023 0 Comments Prayer to st ritaLook upon me in my needs and obtain for me the grace to follow your example, fulfilling all the duties of my state of life so as to share with you some day the Father's presence.ī) (optional) The chaplet may be completed with the following prayer: Obtain for me a sign of heartfelt contrition and the grace of sorrow for my sins.ĥ) I rejoice with you, O Saint Rita, who walked always the path of faith, hope, and love, as wife and mother, widow and religious, and who now enjoy the rewards of heavenly glory. Pray for me that I may imitate your virtues and experience the favour of Jesus crucified.Ĥ) I rejoice with you, O most blessed Saint Rita, who were so loving as to suffer for Jesus, and so came to receive on your forehead a thorn from his crown. Obtain for me fervour in my prayer and compassionate love for Jesus in his sufferings.ģ) I rejoice with you, O fortunate Saint Rita, who learned how to draw from your Crucified Saviour the strength and the courage to bear the trials of life out of love for him. Pray for me that I may avoid every sin.Ģ) I rejoice with you, O glorious Saint Rita, who from childhood were blessed with the gift of prayer and the contemplation of Jesus crucified. Then move on to the first set of two beads and announce the meditition.ġ) I rejoice with you, O blessed Saint Rita, who were showered by God with blessings of sweetness whereby you remained always faithful to your baptismal consecration. Rita, compose yourself for prayer and begin with a spiritual communion, or Apostles Creed. This chaplet or corona consists of 10 beads on which are recited, alternately the Our Father and the Hail Mary while reflecting on the following meditations:Ī) beginning at the centre piece of St. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight She was solemnly canonized 24 May, 1900.Ĭopyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton Company On account of the many miracles reported to have been wrought at her intercession she received in Spain the title of La Santa de los impossibiles. Urban VIII, in 1637, permitted her Mass and Office. As a religious she was an example for all, excelled in mortifications, and was widely known for the efficacy of her prayers. By continued entreaties, and, as is related, by Divine intervention, she gained admission, received the habit of the order and in due time her profession. She applied for admission to the Augustinian convent at Cascia, but, being a widow, was refused. When her husband was murdered she tried in vain to dissuade her twin sons from attempting to take revenge she appealed to Heaven to prevent such a crime on their part, and they were taken away by death, reconciled to God. For eighteen years she was a model wife and mother. Rita's great desire was to become a nun, but, in obedience to the will of her parents, she, at the age of twelve, married a man extremely cruel and ill-tempered. The medal is #732.īorn at Rocca Porena in the Diocese of Spoleto, in 1386 and died at the Augustinian convent of Cascia, on May 22, 1456.Īccording to the "Life" (Acta SS., May, V, 224) written at the time of her beatification by the Augustinian, Jacob Carelicci, from two older biographies, she was the daughter of parents advanced in years and distinguished for charity which merited them the surname of "Peacemakers of Jesus Christ". The centre of this chaplet is the #276i St. Ave Maria's Circle - Rosary Making Supplies, Chaplets
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