This page has been made to thank St Rita (the saint of the impossible) for favours received; especially for the healing of a family friend from a serious health problem without an operation nor any other kind of medical intervention and also to promote devotion to St Rita.
St Rita was a model daughter, wife, mother and religious. As a wife St Rita suffered patiently the rough ways of her husband, as a mother she tried to help her two sons curb their tempers and prayed that they would die rather than avenge their father's murder by committing murder themselves. They both became ill and repented of this evil intention before they died. St Rita then applied to enter the Augustinian Sisters in Cascia but was refused entry. Because of her persistant prayers she was at last admitted to the order.
She often meditated on the passion of Christ and was noted for her obedience to her superior. Once when she was praying before a crucifix she asked Our Lord for a share in his passion and a thorn detached from the crucifix and pierced her forehead causing a wound which remained for the rest of her life. This wound caused Rita great suffering.
After St Rita's death she worked such great wonders and miracles that she well and truly earned her title of Saint of the Impossible. St Rita's incorrupt body is in her main shrine at Cascia in Italy. Her feast is on May 22.
The shrine church of St Rita in Rome, Italy
The following favour was sent by a visitor to this webpage
My most specific request to Saint Rita was when my then fourteen year old daughter auditioned for a part in the high school musical. It's very odd for Freshmen to be accepted, as most of the time, it's the upper classmen who get in; but after a good prayer to Saint Rita, my daughter was one of only a handful of Freshmen who passed the audition! St Rita helps me every single day; however that seemingly 'impossible' task really stands out! (Helene)
St Rita comes through again!
My Veronica is one of only five students selected to represent her school in this year's town-wide forensics competition; forensics, in this instance, meaning the art of expressive reading. She was up against some pretty stiff competition, but through the prayers and
merits of Saint Rita, she was selected, as was my oldest daughter, who is the lead, once again, in this year's school play; though my girls are talented, I truly feel that it's St. Rita's help that gives them the confidence that they need to pass all these auditions, as I pray to her for them all the time. Thank you, St. Rita! (Helene)
My mother is a diabetic and she had gangreen. I prayed to St Rita and my mother was healed of the gangreen. (Sandy)
If you have received a favour from St Rita the saint of the impossible please email me (Mary Ann) at catacomb@bigpond.com and let me know about it.
