Seventh Day

  O, Saint Rita! burning to participate in the sufferings of Christ's Passion,
behold Him granting thy prayer, after a sermon heard by thee on the subject,
preached by Saint James della Marca.
So inflamed wast thou that on returning to thy cell thou didst weep
tender tears of compassion for thy Crucified Love, who,
to appease thy ardent zeal, pierced thy forehead with a thorn from His own Crown,
accompanied by such intense pain as to cause thee to swoon.
What unspeakable delight, what joy, O Saint Rita,
to be thus favored by Jesus, and in a measure conformed to Him;
to become repulsive and annoying to thy companions
by the vermin and disagreeable odor caused by the wound!
Yet for fifteen years didst thou rejoice in it,
returning thanks to thy Divine Spouse, as for a signal favor.
Ah, miserable creatures we, who, far from asking God to send us tribulations,
become sad if we are punished in our bodies for our sins!
O Saint Rita, obtain for us from Jesus,
the grace to patiently bear sickness and all temporal ills He may send us,
that having escaped eternal ills, we may glorify Him forever 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 anythings 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
supplicants 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 favore,
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 with,
"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 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 scourgings,

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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