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Novena in Honor of Saint Rita of Cascia
Third Day
What
grief was thine,
O Saint Rita! on learning
that awful news of thy husband's murder.
What bitter tears thou didst
shed,
particularly at the
terrible thought that his soul
may have been unprepared to
meet his Eternal Judege.
Resigned to the just
dispensations of God,
unmindful of the miserable
state to which thou wast reduced,
thou didst place
thyself and thy two sons in the hands of thy Jesus.
O how many prayers arose to
Him fo rthe salvation of that soul softened to thee,
and for the pardon of
his inhuman murderers.
And learning thy sons were
plotting vengeance on these,
thou didst pray that
their hearts might be changed,
or that they might be taken
out of the world
rather than be allowed to
execute their designs.
In thy magnanimity thou
didst not weep
when deprived of both
sons at the same time, but thanked Jesus for having
lovingly heard thy prayer
and taken them to Himself in their innocence.
How miserable are we who
cannot
pardon the slightest
offense,
nor make any sacrifice for
the glory of God and the salvation of our own
and our own and our
neighbor's soul.
Obtain, O
Rita, from thy Jesus,
that we may pardon our
enemies for love of Him,
and ever prefer His love to
the love of self and all
that is dear to us,
so that being worthy of the
pardon of our own sings, we may
receive an eternal reward in
Paradise.
(Recite
now, Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory be to the Father...,)
Supplication to Saint Rita
Holy
Patroness of those in need, Saint Rita, whose pleadings before
thy Divine Lord
are irresistible, who for
thy lavishness in granting favors has been called the
"Advocate of the
Helpless," and even of the Impossible,
Saint Rita, so humble so
pure, so mortified,
so patient and of such
compassionate love for thy Crucified Jesus,
that thou canst obtain from
Him anything thou dost ask,
on account of which, all
have confidently have recourse to thee in the hope of comfort or
relief; be propitious to thy suppliants and show thy power with
God in their behalf;
be lavish of thy
favors now as thou hast been
in so many wonderful cases
for the greater glory of God,
the spreading of thy
devotion and the consolation of those who trust in thee.
We promise, if our
petition be granted,
to glorify thee by making
known thy favor, and to bless thee and
sing thy praises forever.
Relying then on thy merits
and power
before the Sacred Heart of
Jesus, we ask of thee:
(Here
mention your request)
Obtain My Request For Me
To
each of the following, respond:
"Obtain My Request For
Me"
By the singular merits of thy childhood,
By thy perfect union with the Divine Will,
By the heroic suffering during thy married life,
By the consolation thou didst experience at the conversion of your husband,
By the anguish that filled thy heart at the murder of thy husband,
By the sacrifice of thy children, rather than see them grievously offend God,
By the miraculous entrance into the convent,
By the severe penance and three times daily bloody sourgings,
By thy suffering from the wound received from the thorn of thy Crucified Saviour,
By the divine love which consumed thy heart,
By the remarkable devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, on which alone thou didst subsist for four years,
By the happiness with which thou didst part from the trials to join thy Divine Spouse,
By the perfect example thou didst give to the people of every state of life.
Pray for
us, Saint Rita, that we may be made worthy of the Promises of
Christ.
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