“It is not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven we seek, rather, that by this devotion to the exercise of fraternal charity the union of the whole Church in the Spirit may be strengthened. According tothe Catechism of the Catholic Church, the communion of saints is the Church itself: What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints? The communion of saints is the Church. They are all part of a single “mystical body”, with Christ as the head, in which each member contributes to the good of all and shares in the welfare of all. In making miracles happen for others every day.The communion of saints ( communio sanctorum) is the spiritual union of the members of the Christian Church, both living and dead. Please let me be open to the part I can play Help me to trust that He has a solution that I cannot seeĪnd that He will bring it about in His time. To me, it feels enormous and-at times-even hopeless. Please carry my intention to Jesus and ask for His help. You knew that even in a cold winter garden, Your life was full of difficulties and challenges, So, maybe it’s a good day to ask her to take whatever’s on your mind and carry it to Jesus for you. But as I look at this pandemic and how it’s affecting our world, a good and timely solution often seems not just complicated and mysterious, but impossible.Īnd May 22 happens to be St. Maybe it’s not your own dilemma but an intention you’ve been carrying for someone else. Maybe it’s a financial or family or health crisis. I don’t know what situation in your life seems impossible right now. Rita is patron of several things, including parenthood and marriage difficulties, but what she’s best known for-and perhaps most needed for today-is impossible causes. It was January, but the rose and figs were growing there. Rita asked her to bring her a rose and figs from her parents’ garden. When she was very ill, a relative visited her, and St. Rita was able to join the Augustinian Nuns and later received the partial stigmata. Before they could, however, they both died of natural causes, and they weren’t able to follow through on those plans. On his way home from work one day, Rita’s husband, Paolo, was murdered, and their sons-who were teenagers-decided to avenge his death. She and her husband had two sons-who were apparently twins. Rita grew up wanting to become an Augustinian nun, but her parents had promised her in marriage, so she was forced to marry at age 12. I love this story of how white bees dropped honey into her mouth when she was a baby. Rita’s story-how she was born to her parents in the later years of their lives. When I was a little girl, I didn’t know much about her other than that she was a nun and that she had a wound on her forehead. Rita statue because she was my very own saint. There’s a little space tucked off to the side that’s full of statues, and one of them is St. That was always exciting, especially because it meant there was a chance we’d get to ride the carousel at the Inner Harbor afterward.Īfter Mass was over, we would walk up to the front of the church to see the statues. When I was growing up, every now and then we would wake up on Sunday morning, and my parents would announce that we were going downtown to St.
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