Are you enduring something that seems impossible to overcome? Turn to Saint Rita of Cascia, an incredibly powerful intercessor!
The Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Rita of Cascia on May 22. She is the patroness of impossible causes, difficult marriages, infertility, and parenthood.
This amazing saint led an incredibly holy life. She married a cruel and abusive man, whom she prayed for unceasingly. With him, she had two difficult children. They all eventually converted before their deaths.
After her husband and two sons died, she became an Augustinian nun. She later received the head wound of Christ.
Saint Rita died on May 22, 1457, at approximately 76 years old. Her body is incorrupt and venerated at the Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia in Cascia, Italy. Pope Leo XIII canonized her on May 24, 1900.
On the 100th anniversary of her canonization, Pope John Paul II said,“If we ask St. Rita for the secret to this extraordinary work of social and spiritual renewal, she replies: fidelity to the Love that was crucified. Rita, with Christ and like Christ, goes to the Cross always and only through love. Like her, then, let us turn our eyes and hearts to Jesus, who died on the Cross and rose
