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Only a few saints had the opportunity to live a life consecrated to God in a married religious state. <\/span>St. <\/span>Rita from Cascia, fulfilling the will of God and the wishes of her parents, in her life, experienced the life of a young girl, a devoted wife, a loving mother, a grieving widow, and finally a humble religious.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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St. Rita – Margherita Lotti, was born in 1371 in Rocaporena, a small village 5 km from the city of Cascia, in a well-placed and wealthy family of highly respected representatives of the free city of Cascia, who was entrusted with difficult cases of reconciling rivals to establish peace, or at least prevent cruel murders. Margherita was the desired and expected child that was born to the couple after several years of childless marriage.<\/span><\/h2>\n

God specially protected Rita from an early age. Legend has it that on the fifth day after birth, the little girl was in the cradle.\u00a0Her parents worked in the fields.\u00a0Several bees were flying over the cradle, repeatedly flying in and out of its mouth.\u00a0When a family friend saw this, he tried to shoo the bees away with a violent movement.\u00a0He allegedly injured himself with a sickle, but he didn’t care, rushing to save the child.\u00a0The bees sat on his wound and he was miraculously healed.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Although it is only a legend, it confirms the great respect and popularity of this saint among people, which has lasted for centuries.\u00a0Rita was not born with a halo but earned a reputation for sainthood throughout her life. She was an obedient daughter from childhood.\u00a0The parents made sure that she had a good religious and general education, which at that time was not available to everyone.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Despite her desire to become a nun, in 1385, at the age of 14, she married Paolo di Ferdinando di Mancino.\u00a0There are conjectures about whether it was a marriage out of duty or out of love.\u00a0But this assumption has no bearing on Rita’s sanctity.\u00a0The fact remains that Rita accepted the role of a wife without reservation. She continued to fully develop her virtuous life even in marriage.\u00a0She was a role model for her husband – a great rioter, whose example enabled him to lead a full Christian life.\u00a0Many were encouraged by her modesty, dedication, and willingness to help.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Lord blessed this couple with the gift of two sons, probably twins or born a short time apart.\u00a0After 18 years of marriage, a turning point occurred in the life of this saint.\u00a0Her husband became the victim of a blood feud, the so-called\u00a0vendettas.\u00a0A new difficult period began for Rita – the life of a widow.\u00a0Even at this time, she lived as a humble servant of God.\u00a0She was greatly troubled by her sons’ desire to avenge their father’s death.\u00a0She implored God that they would not be defiled by cruelty and that they would not be swept away by the spiral of hatred.\u00a0God answered her prayer, albeit in a very painful way.\u00a0He saved the souls of both boys.\u00a0They died one after the other shortly after their father’s death from a mysterious illness.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Rita was left alone.\u00a0However, dramatic events in her family and loneliness brought her closer and closer to the suffering Christ.\u00a0However, the poor woman was not full of hatred, on the contrary, she prayed for those who caused her so much pain and for her dear deceased.\u00a0But in her prayers, she did not forget the living either and begged that God’s peace would prevail over hatred. During this period of unceasing prayers, a strong desire to raise her love to a new level and another bridegroom – to Christ – matured in her. Her entry into the monastery was not easy, but after several rejections, she began a new life at the age of 36 in the Augustinian Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene.<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you expected that by entering the religious order, Rita’s childhood dream came true and she lived a beautiful, peaceful, and comfortable life behind the walls of the monastery – you are mistaken. Forty years of monastic life were filled with pain and suffering.\u00a0However, she begged the Lord for this suffering. She longed to participate in Christ’s sufferings, and God granted them to her in abundance.\u00a0In addition to the self-mortification of her body and countless humiliations from fellow sisters, God gave her a “precious gift” – a stigma on her forehead – the thorn of Christ’s crown.\u00a0Rita lived this gift with great humility and never boasted about it.\u00a0She spoke little about her mark and simply as a wound.\u00a0The stigma of St. Rita broke every rule in the history of stigmas: she festered and smelled foul, but at the same time she remained localized and did not infect other tissues.\u00a0Precisely because of the smelly stigma, St. Rita experienced incredible humiliation and abandonment.<\/span><\/h2>\n

On the night of May 21 to 22 in 1447, at the age of 76, the soul of St.\u00a0Rita left a body emaciated by suffering on earth and went to meet her beloved bridegroom – Christ.\u00a0At that moment, according to legend, the monastery bells rang out inexplicably. In this way, as if from a heavenly impulse, they called people to come and honor the holy sister Rita. Shortly after her death, the first miracles began to happen at her intercession.<\/span><\/h2>\n

St. Rita has been worshipped for centuries as a patroness in hopeless situations. Many miracles happened at her intercession.\u00a0It was canonized in 1900. Today, Cascia is one of the largest pilgrimage sites in Italy, it is the center of veneration of St. Rites and place of reconciliation.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Biographies of St.\u00a0Rita are shrouded in many legends that spread along with her growing esteem. <\/span>Remo Piccolo mini<\/span><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Natalino Monopoli<\/span><\/em>, therefore, undertook a difficult task. These two Italian Augustinians wrote a biography which, as far as possible, they supported with historical facts and authentic photographs.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Saint Rita – a breath of forgiveness<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Our respect for St.\u00a0The rite is mainly spread by the Augustinians \u2013 the Order of St.\u00a0Augustine in Slovakia.\u00a0The church near the monastery is dedicated to this saint.\u00a0On April 27, 2018, a delegation from Cascia, Italy, brought the relics of St.\u00a0Rita.\u00a0These are relics of the 1st degree – bones from the hand of the saint, which are stored in a copper rose with a height of 50 cm.\u00a0These relics were handed over during the Holy Mass presided over by the Bishop Emeritus of Ko\u0161ice, Mons.\u00a0Alojz Tka\u010d.\u00a0The faithful could venerate the relics after the Holy Mass in the underground chapel of the church, where the relic is kept.<\/span><\/h2>\n

St. Rita was a woman of many virtues, which were fully manifested in her life.\u00a0The book highlights seven of them: peace, faith, prayer, forgiveness, hope, suffering, and love. Let us be influenced by the spirituality of this woman, whose message is still relevant today.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Every year, on May 22, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Rita.\u00a0She is a saint who is perhaps not so well known in our country, and I came across her name only a few years ago. I was interested in her life story and the uniqueness that God gave her – to live the life of a wife, mother, widow, and nun. Taking the place of the patron saint of intractable situations is also not an easy task, but I think that God arranged it well.\u00a0Life experiences and the universality of the profession of St.\u00a0Rita are predestined for this patronage. I often pray to her, and I was blessed to taste the fruits of answered prayers. I sincerely encourage you not to hesitate to confidently turn to the patroness of hopeless situations with a request for help – nothing is impossible for God!<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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