Relying on her compassionate love, we ask You to assist us in our trials and difficulties. You graciously grant favors through her intercession, which are considered impossible to human skill and effort. Rita, whose pleadings before thy Divine Lord are. Heavenly Father In Your infinite love and mercy, You heed the prayer of Your beloved servant, Rita. Pray for us, O holy Saint Rita, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Novenas are usually prayed once a day for at nine consecutive days. We honor thy perfect union with the Divine Will, thy heroic sufferings during thy married life, the consolation thou didst experience at the conversion of thy husband, the sacrifice of thy children rather than see them grievously offend God, thy miraculous entrance into the convent, thy severe penances and thrice daily bloody scourgings, thy suffering caused by the wound thou didst receive from the thorn of thy Crucified Saviour, thy divine love which consumed thy heart, that remarkable devotion to the Blessed Sacrament on which alone thou didst exist for four years, the happiness with which thou didst part from thy trials to join thy Divine Spouse, the perfect example thou gavest to people of every state of life. Relying then upon thy merits before the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray thee obtain for us our request. St Rita’s incorrupt body is interred at the Basilica of Cascia, Italy. We pray especially for (add your intention). Help us all to persevere in prayer for our intentions and trustingly accept God’s will whatever the outcome. The Novena usually starts on May 13th and ends on May 21st, the day before her Feast Day of May 22nd. Eventually, everything became easy and you were able to enter. Glorious St Rita, you persevered in your desire to enter the convent, waiting on God’s time. Saint Rita, so humble, so pure, so mortified, so patient and of compassionate love for thy 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. Help me to understand that each experience of suffering can become a source of spiritual growth and self-knowledge if I let it work within me in a positive way. O Holy Patroness of those in need, Saint 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. Rita, patroness of hopeless cases, please intercede for me that I may obtain the grace to accept with serenity the trials and disappointments of life.
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