Miracles of Saint Rita

Santa Rita de Casia is undoubtedly one of the most revered saints, and not by chance, since the miracles obtained through his intercession are innumerable. It is true that, throughout her life, Rita obtained great graces from the Lord, but after her death, the miracles multiplied even more: the blind saw, the mute spoke, the sick who were about to die were healed, etc. In fact, what happened during and after her life made this saint thaumaturge became the patron saint of lost and desperate causes, in other words, the advocate of the impossible!…

with , discover the extraordinary events that marked the life of Santa Rita and the testimonies of healings that took place in her tomb.

The miracles in the life of Santa Rita

The birth of Saint Rita

Santa Rita’s parents were a holy couple, charitable, fervently praying and two beings who loved each other unconditionally. However, they suffered by not having children. One day, while her mother Aimée Ferri was praying fervently for this intention, she had the revelation that the Lord had been touched. And indeed, nine months later, the couple experienced the joy of receiving a beautiful girl, who they called Rita, short for Margarita.

The miracle of the bees

While working in the fields, her parents placed little Rita in a basket at the foot of a leafy tree, where she was soon surrounded by of bees. One of the peasants, who had injured his hand while working, returned near the place where the baby was and found her covered in bees, some of which had even gotten into her little mouth. However, to everyone’s surprise, the bees did not harm her, and what is even more amazing, the peasant looked at her hand again and realized that her wound was completely damaged. fury. In fact, when Rita became a nun, similar bees settled in the monastery.

the miracle of the vine

Sister Rita obeyed the Mother Superior in every way, and to test her, she asked her to water a dry vine stock every day. Despite her ridicule, Rita took this job to heart. After a year it happened miracle: the dead branch revived, grew and gave excellent fruit. This branch is still alive in the Casia convent and has been producing grapes of exceptional quality for more than five hundred years.

The miracle of the roses

While still a nun and bedridden, Sister Rita asked a visitor to bring her a rose from your garden. She left thinking that her sister was delirious, since it was the middle of winter. However, when she had already forgotten the request of the sick woman, she passed by the front of Rita’s old garden, and to her surprise, she saw a rose splendid that had blossomed. This happened again with two figs that matured in winter.

The miracle of the thorn in the forehead

While praying intensely and remembering the passion of the Lord, Rita asked to share with Jesus the pain of a thorn belonging to her crown of thorns. And her request was answered immediately, since a thorn came off the crucifix and buried itself deep in Rita’s forehead, leaving a very painful wound on her face, which would be her stigma, almost forever. for life. In fact, she was only cured during her pilgrimage to Rome; the rest, she remained open during the fourteen years that Rita lived after the event, that is, this miraculous wound never healedeven today the wound remains visible in their remains, which miraculously remain in an excellent state of preservation, and continue to give off a delicious aroma when the urn in which they rest is opened.

Miracles after the death of Santa Rita

Just after the death of Santa Rita, miracles began to happen everywhere: many people saw her ascend to glory; the monastery bell began to ring without anyone touching it, the wound on his forehead healed and left only a beautiful scar, his body spread a delicious perfume and her face was much more beautiful than usual. In fact, a sister who had leaned in to kiss her immediately shouted that a miracle had happened, as her paralyzed arm had regained its mobility.

Due to the above, a crowd from all over the region wanted to venerate the body of that woman who was already known as “the saint of Roccaporena”; For this, a special, open coffin was prepared, and his remains were placed there. It should be noted that Rita’s body remained beautiful, soft and perfumed. On the other hand, many miracles happened through this servant of the Lord, whose intercession was quite powerful on earth. These miracles were recorded in a registry, and here are some of them:

• In 1457, the year of Rita’s death, a young woman mute from birth was taken to the tomb of the saint to pray fervently to her. Shortly after, and to everyone’s astonishment, the girl began to recite the Ave Maria alone.
• That same year, a woman named Lucia, who was blind in one eye and could not see well in the other, went to pray at the tomb of Casia. After fifteen days of prayer, she was completely cured and she regained her sight in both eyes.
• One of the miracles that led to the canonization of Saint Rita it was that of Isabel Bergamini. This woman had smallpox and she was going blind. Her parents took her to Casia to pray to Santa Rita, and four months later, the girl recovered her sight.
• The other miracle presented for the cause of canonization it was that of Cosma Pellegrini, a woman who suffered from an incurable disease and was about to die. The miracle happened when she had a vision in which she saw Santa Rita greeting her: she immediately recovered all her strength and contrary to her predictions, she continued to live another few years.

After his death, the testimonies of the graces received through the intercession of Saint Rita are more and more numerous and incessant, as evidenced by the hundreds of votive offerings that people leave in the basilica of Cascia in Italy.