Not only had I missed it but I had dragged by husband and toddler son into Philadelphia on a holiday weekend! Rita Shrine on Memorial Day- and it was closed! I hadn’t called ahead and I was devastated. My husband and son were with me and we arrived at the St. Gianna shrine in Warminster, Pennsylvania (about 30 minutes north of Philadelphia). I planned a trip for late May 2017 to visit the St. I believe prayers are more easily heard the more concrete they are. I was specifically praying for healing from infertility, to conceive a second miracle naturally, and for it to be a girl. I started praying to her for intercession in addition to St. Rita’s story when trying to conceive my second miracle and was moved by it. A man called Cosimo Pelligrini was dying from gastro-enteritis and saw St.After four months, she was healed and could see again. She was sent to the Augustinian Convent at Cascia and they prayed to St. A young girl named Elizabeth Bergamini was in danger of losing her sight from smallpox, and the doctors could not help her.In addition to her body not decaying, there was also a beautiful smell said to come from it.When she was a newly baptized baby it is said a swarm of white bees swam in and out of her mouth without hurting her.Rita- the last three of which led to her canonization. Here are some of the most famous miracles of St. Rita is known as the Patron Saint of Infertility and Hopeless Causes. Rita that is still on display in Cascia, Italyīecause of the many seemingly impossible situations she faced and because of the many miracles she has intervened in since her death, St. This shroud is at the Shrine in Philadelphia and is one actually worn on the deceased incorrupt body of St. In fact you can STILL VISIT HER BODY TODAY in Cascia, Italy! And an amazing thing happened- she became one of the “incorrupt” saints. Rita died her burial was delayed so that people could view her. You might want to bring her a rose when you visit her shrine!įinally, after St. Her relative actually found one (in January!) and brought it to her. One story says that when she was sick and dying she asked for a rose from the garden of her family home in the middle of the winter. She prayed for hours in front of the crucified Christ, and received a wound from the crown of thorns on her forehead. Rita was welcome to the convent where she lived a long and pious life. They are astounded by her love and kindness, and agree, signing a written peace agreement.Īnother version suggests that she prayed, and prayed, and prayed, and the bubonic plague came to town and killed all the angry violent men in charge of both families. In one version she convinces both families to forgive and make peace. Here is where the stories of her life diverge. But the nuns said, “No way! You aren’t bringing that mobster family craziness here!” So Rita was determined to make peace between the families and then she would be allowed to enter the convent. The story says she convinced them to forgive before they died. Rita feared for her son’s mortal souls and prayed that ANYTHING, including DEATH happen, to stop them from becoming murderers. Of course Rita was forgiving, but her two sons pledged to avenge their father’s death by finding and murdering his murderers. Unfortunately, just after his confession and conversion he was murdered by the competing mobster family in the area. The story of her life goes that after 18 miserable years with her husband, her sweetness, faith, and goodness finally converted him and apologized to her and to God. Instead she was married to a violent man who was basically part of a mobster family. Rita was born in 1381 in Italy and wanted to be a nun. Rita for Healing from Infertility & A Miracle Child, by Anna Rapp
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