The Catholic tradition associates Santa Rita de Casia with difficult situations, almost impossible; is also related to earthly suffering. For this reason, people fervently pray to him for the sick and give him, through prayer, your personal health or that of your sick relatives. She is asked to intercede before the Lord for the relief of our ills and the healing of our body and soul. Many Catholics around the world pray to her for healing, so that this wonderful saint will help them to confront and fight disease. We present below a very beautiful prayer addressed to Saint Rita, to touch the heart of Jesus, who is very attentive to those who suffer and trust in Him.
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Prayer to Santa Rita for the sick
“Loving and pious Santa Rita de Casia, beloved daughter of Christ and my mother. You who have treasured the love of the Almighty from a very young age, made yourself worthy of his grace through your dedication and suffering. Today I want to offer you my life, so that through your healing hand, you grant me the healing of my body and free me from the terrible disease that I suffer from. Only you have the power that comes from above, to restore to my body the vigor and vitality it needs, to continue my work in this world. Give me, untainted mother, the strength I need to withstand the treatments that have to be applied to my body. And just as you restored health to that evicted man, may your work be done in me and I can stand up again to venerate you. Saint Rita beloved wife of God, she pleads for me before the Most High. With your sweet voice raise my pleas to her ear so that in the magnificence of her love, this disease will disappear from my entire body. Blessed Saint Rita, allow me, through the purity of your stigma, to have the health that I so desire. I ask for nothing more than the complete health of my body. Because I want to live and witness your mercy in my life. From this moment and forever I will be grateful to you because I know that you will not abandon me in such a hard time. I fully trust your kindness. I will wait patiently in the peace that comes from your gaze and from the love of the Father. Until the doctors tell me that I have healed and I will be safe, that it was by your hand. I will be your loyal servant from now on, and until after my death. Blessed and praised be you forever, my most pure Santa Rita. Amen.”
Why pray to Santa Rita for healing?
Saint Rita de Cascia, whose faith, sweetness and kindness allowed her to go through so many difficult moments, including illness and loss of their childrenknows well moral and physical sufferingin addition to the need to trust in Christ to overcome these tests.
Santa Rita is prayed to a lot in cases of illness, since for more than 600 years she has been associated with various healing miracles. Therefore, many people direct prayers for various kinds of illnesses to this wonderful saint.
We can also pray to other saints in case of illness, for example:
However, we cannot forget that the most important thing of all is to have true faith and take care of our health.
Find comfort in prayer with , in the ordeal of illness
Whether for yourself or a loved one, prayer is a great help in coping with illness and suffering. In this test, we need to feel loved and accompanied by the Lord.
Also, if you are facing the illness of yourself or a loved one, you can write a prayer intention so that together we can pray for each other. With this option, you can also support in prayer those who are going through a trial of illness or disability.
Join the community “novena to our Lady of Lourdes” and pray together with other faithful for the physical and spiritual health of all of us.