Santa Rita de Casia is a saint of the Catholic Church, patron saint of impossible causes and desperate cases. Santa Rita is also often associated with couples and love, as well as with the healing of the sick. In addition to the above, she is also known and prayed for her interventions in difficult situations.
Margarita Manchini, better known as Santa Rita, was with her own life an example of kindness, patience and hope in every situation. She was able to overcome situations that seemed like dead ends thanks to her qualities, her faith in Christ and in love. She was in love with Jesus but was forced to marry, which led her to suffer in the midst of family conflicts and revenge. Despite
From this, he always knew how to wait with hope and forgive. For this reason, God rewarded her: He made her one of the main saints of the Catholic Church and Jesus allowed her to share her suffering together with Him. Below you will find two prayers that can be addressed to Saint Rita to ask for her powerful intercession when we are desperate.
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Prayer in difficult situations or for impossible causes
“Under the weight of pain, to you, dear Santa Rita, I turn confident to be heard. Free, I beg you, my poor heart from the anguish that oppresses it and restore calm to my spirit, full of worries.
You who were chosen by God as a lawyer for the most desperate cases, obtain the grace that I ardently ask of you. (ask for the grace that is desired).
If my faults are an obstacle to the fulfillment of my desires, obtain for me from God the grace of repentance and forgiveness through a sincere confession.
Do not allow me to shed tears of bitterness any longer.
O saint of the thorn and the rose, reward my great hope in you and everywhere I will make known your great mercy with the afflicted souls.
Oh spouse of Jesus Crucified, help me to live well and die well.
Amen.”
Prayer to Santa Rita, the patron saint of impossible cases
“Oh powerful Saint Rita, called lawyer of desperate cases, helper in the last hope, refuge and salvation in pain, which leads to the abyss of crime and despair: with all the confidence in your celestial power, I turn to you in the difficult and unforeseen event that painfully oppresses my heart.
Tell me, oh Santa Rita, aren’t you going to help me?
Won’t you comfort me Are you going to turn away your gaze and your pity from my heart, so extremely troubled?
You also know what is the martyrdom of the heart, so extremely troubled!
For the atrocious sorrows, for the bitter tears that you saintly shed, come to my aid.
Speak, pray, intercede for me, which I dare not do, to the heart of God, Father of mercy and source of all consolation, and obtain for me the grace I desire.
(indicate here the grace desired).
Presented, it is sure that he will listen to me: and I will use this favor to improve my life and my customs, to sing on earth and in heaven the divine mercies.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory.”
What is an impossible cause or a hopeless case?
It’s a great question! Each person will be able to define, in their own way, the meaning of an impossible cause or a desperate case: too much suffering, a situation that seems to be a dead end, etc. In fact, it is our duty to stop to look at the situation from another perspective and face it with the help of prayer, as well as to put our lives in God’s hands and maintain our trust in Him!
These prayers are just examples of what we can ask of you. For a prayer to be beautiful, it must have two conditions: it must come from the depths of the heart and it must be prayed fervently. In addition to this, we must not forget to give thanks to God for answering our prayers and to thank Santa Rita for her intercession before the Lord.
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No matter what trials we go through, let us not forget that the Lord is love and mercy and that Jesus came to save us.
Here are some tips to surrender to Him through prayer and find peace of soul:
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Pray to Santa Rita: receive daily meditations and audios to pray to Santa Rita. In this way, you will be able to contemplate the example of Santa Rita who suffered the punishments of Christ.
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Present the difficulties of your life to the Virgin Mary untied and confidently ask her to help you overcome the problems of earthly and spiritual life.
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Surrender to divine mercy and through this prayer say “Jesus, I trust in you.”