This miracle took place in Siena, and is not related to Saint Rita, but is preserved in the Basilica of Saint Rita here in Cascia. You can also see the Crucifix from which she received the Stigmata as well as her cell where she spent the rest of her life. Her body has remained incorrupt and has even been reported to have sat up and risen!
She was never buried, and as her coffin was on public display, many faithful came to pray and light candles. Inside the Basilica of Saint Rita lies her body in a separate chapel. The Basilica of Saint Rita in Cascia: Tomb of St. We celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Rita of Cascia on May 22.Ĭheck out the great selection of Saint Rita devotionals in our online store. You who were so very pleasing to God on earth and are so much so now in heaven, I promise to use this favor, when granted, to better my life, to proclaim God’s mercy, and to make you more widely known and loved. Join your prayers to mine and obtain for me the grace I desire (here mention your request). I know that God has a most generous heart and that he is a most loving Father. Come to my help, speak for me, pray with me, intercede on my behalf before the Father. You know well my trials, for you yourself were many times burdened in this life. Rita, rightly called Saint of the Impossible, I come to you with confidence in my great need. Here is the prayer to Saint Rita when in special need: Although this stigmata gave off a highly offensive odor she bore it with humility and upon her death in 1457 the fragrance of flowers emanated from her body. She was blessed with the Stigmata of Our Lord on her forehead. She was able to get the two feuding families to sign an agreement (not an easy thing in Italy at this time)….hence she is considered patron saint of impossible causes (see the prayer below).Īs was her goal many years before, she joined the Augustinian Convent in Cascia (after being refused three times). The two sons died of the flu before they could commit murder. Her prayers were answered, but certainly not in the way she had hoped. Her husband was murdered by political enemies, and although her two sons vowed revenge, she prayed fervently that they would not seek vengeance. Click here for more on the background of the story. But recent research has basically de-bunked this story. Due to a mis-interpretation of some of the writings on her coffin, it had long been thought that her husband was abusive to her during their 18 years of marriage. She was born in 1381 near the city of Cascia and, although she wished to enter a convent, she was married off under obedience to her parent’s wishes at the age of 16. Rita’s story is one of the power of prayer and of faith. Saint Rita of Cascia is often called “the saint of the impossible”.
It is therefore high on the list for many Catholic pilgrims. #2 Cascia is also the place where a Eucharistic Miracle is preserved. #1 Cascia is home to Saint Rita of Cascia, one of Catholicism’s most revered saints, often referred to as the “Saint of the Impossible”.
North of Rome, the small town of Cascia has two great claims to fame: Cascia, Italy: Home of Saint Rita of Cascia and the Eucharistic Miracle of Cascia
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