I’m about to post a birth announcement, so check back in a few minutes! But I couldn’t let the day go by without giving a shout out to my girl St. Rita! I’ve seen amazing, even borderline miraculous, things come out of her intercession, both for people I know and for myself (the most important to me being my little Luke, the answer to a long and fervent prayer and much beseeching of St. Rita’s intercession).
In the novena to St. Rita I frequently say (almost exactly the same as this one), there’s a part that says, “We promise, if our petition is granted, to glorify thee by making known thy favor, to bless and sing thy praises forever.” One of the ways I’ve tried to do that is through writing about her, so I thought I’d share here again the two pieces I did for CatholicMom.com, the second of which is a fuller version of this blog post:
St. Rita, pray for us!
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[…] just published a post in honor of St. Rita that I don’t want you to miss — today’s her feast day! She’s been a […]
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St. Rita is so great, I love her and I agree that her intercession can do so much! I’ve heard about so many things that she’s helped people with, often in such interesting ways, it’s amazing. And even though she’s particularly called upon in hopeless and very difficult situations, I can also say that whenever I personally prayed for her intercession with my mostly quite minor issues, she’s always been helpful too. And her life was so interesting.
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Oh Kate, I didn’t know about your struggles! I’m glad you had so much heavenly (and earthly) help through it all!
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I’ve been so blessed!
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[…] St. Rita for help — God has worked through her in amazing ways! I wrote more about St. Rita here and how to honor her in baby naming here. St. Rita, pray for […]
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