Novena to Saint Rita

				NOVENA TO SAINT RITA OF CASCIA, AUGUSTINIAN
				In the name of the Father and of the Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

				FIRST DAY

O most powerful wonderworker, Saint Rita, from your true and only sanctuary of Cascia, where you sleep of peace and where your mortal remains give a foretaste of heaven, Turn an eye of pity on me who suffers and weeps. You see my poor heart surrounded by thorns, and bleeding with pain. Weary and discourage: aged i feel that even prayer dies on my lips. Should i despaire in these terrible moments of my life? Come to my help.O, Saint Rita, listen to my prayer. Have you not been called by all the Christian people << Saint of impossible Cases >>. Advocate of desperate cases.Live up to this title by obtaining for me the grace for which i now beg God to give me through your intercession (mention it). Everyone acclaims your wonders, and the marvels worked by you. Pray to your sweet Jesus for me that he will lighten my burdens, and that through you, o good Rita, i may obtain that which my heart so ardently desires.


3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

RESPONSORY
(to be repeated after the prayers of each day).

O god of mercy ! filled with the most extraordinary graces, St. Rita loved her enemies, and in her heart and
on her forehead bore the signs of charity and your passion. We humbly implore you, through her merits and
her intercession to make us holy. We beg for the grace to forgive our enemies and to meditate on the pains
of your passion which you have promised to those who are humble of heart.

At the name of Rita
Fevers, wounds and plagues
Are put to flight.
As also sickness, pain, evil spirits
And hail and storms.

The blind, the deaf, the dumb
And the cripple are helped by you.
Even the children are saved.
And the dead live once again.

All are saved from fire, earthquakes,
And bombardments.
Never more will they take place.

Saint of impossible cases,
Spain venerates you,
Other countries sing your praises,
Cascia proclaims your name.

To the all holy Father, and his Son
Be all praise, honour and glory
Throughout the ages eternal praise
to the everlasting Love, Amen.

You have marked your servant, Saint Rita, O Lord,
With the mark of love and of your passion.

O most gracious God, Who has glorified Saint Rita by innumerable miracles,
be merciful to us, and grant us through her intercession what we ask in faith.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

O great wonderworker of cascia, the path of your life was strewn with prickles and disappointments and thorns which broke your heart. Truly, Saint Rita, you suffered the most cruel pain which you endured drop by drop until you had emptied the chalice of suffering. With this in mind i come to you now to ask you to obtain the grace for which i now pray ( mention it ). You understand well what is meant by heartbreak and suffering of soul. This is why you will come to my help. The Lord wishes to make your person known near and far by the supplications that mankind confidently presents to you. Here i am to before you, humble and in great need; Beg your Divine Spouse to grant my request: this i implore you with my whole heart.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

THIRD DAY

In vain and weighed down by suffering i look for some respite, but i do not see any hope, and i feel completely lost and broken. O dear Saint Rita , you shine like a bright star the Church, and i know that you can light up my difficult road , and give hope to my broken heart. I give myself to you: and await from you the grace which i so ardently pray for. ( mention it ) i beg you to obtain it through our Crucified Saviour, you were sorely tried when through obedience you entered into marriage with one who made your life unbearable. You loved him with such holiness that you wept at his tragic death. Obtain for me what i ask through the heroic sacrifice you made in offering your sons to God before they were able to commit sin. By the graces you merited from so much suffering obtain the grace which i so ardently beg for.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

FOURTH DAY

Saint of impossible cases, advocate of lost causes; these are such beautiful titles full of hope for those souls worn down by pain. They fit you well O dear Saint Rita of Cascia who come to help me, who feel so in need of your help. They weight of evil pulls me down, incertitude tries me, and i do not know where to turn for help.

Full of confidence in your help, i turn to you, O good Rita, and entrust myself only to you. By the power of your intercession before the throne of God i wait for the grace for which i ask ( mention it here ). Show yourself once more to be full of power and mercy . Let me also acclaim you << Saint of impossible cases, Advocate of lost causes >>.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

FIFTH DAY

O favorite spouse of Jesus, Rita , behold me once again at your feet, urged on by your goodness towards afflicted souls. You see my heart torn by the difficulties of life, hope no longer shines on me, doubt fills my whole being, confidence has left me, and a great abyss opens beneath my feet. Show me what to do, o sweet , o good Saint Rita; you are the Saint of lost causes. Help me, come to my rescue. I feel myself completely lost! You are merciful towards those who suffer. You cannot remain indifferent to me who humbly comes to you for help in my troubles. Obtain for me the grace for which i so ardently pray (mention it).

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

SIXTH DAY

Saint Rita, heaven appears to be too far away, and my prayer far from God's throne. I know that this is because of my own sinfullness. I lack the courage to turn to Jesus, because i have misused his mercy so many times and now i feel he will judge me severly. I know that i do not deserve to be pardoned and i grieve, o good Saint Rita. In you Jesus has given me a powerful advocate, so that you may obtain for me the forgiveness of my sins, and the firm resolve never to sin again. With wholehearted sorrow i beg you, O powerful wonderworker, to obtain for me the grace for which i pray in my hour of need. One word from you to Jesus and heaven will send down mercy and forgiveness.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

SEVENTH DAY

O dearsest Saint Rita whose life was full of hardships, look kindly on me in my state of suffering. Let my prayer reach your heart. You were ever kindly towards your neighbour, and full of consolations. Look on me in my distress, advocate of lost causes. through your intercession death is overturned, the blind sees the light again, the paralytic is cured, and souls are saved. As for me, I too hope for great things, and i will be comforted. I have confidence in your intercession at the throne of God of believe that you will obtain for me peace, a calm spirit, and the grace for which i now pray.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

EIGHTH DAY

O dear Saint Rita, i have the greatest confidence in you who are the well-beloved of the crucified and marked with a thron from his Crown. Jesus made you completly His and so i now abandon myself entirely to the goodness of your heart. Now is the moment when i need your help more than ever. I trust in you, O wonderworker, that my cry will not be in vain. I beg you to come to my aid. For the love which you have for Jesus, obtain for me merly and the grae for which i now pray. Jesus refuses you nothing. It is through you that innumerable special graces are obtained. I wait humbly for you to hear me.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

NINTH DAY

Here i am, dear Saint Rita, at the end of this novena. My heart beats so fast in the hope of your love. I cry even louder and i am confident that you will come to my help. Have pity and mercy on my many difficulties and problems againts which i struggle unceasingly. Have pity on me in memory of all that you suffered both in the world and in the cloister. Through your charity towards the unhappy poor, by your fervent love for Jesus and His Immaculate mother, by the extraordinary gifts with which you were favoured, listen to my appeal. It is the last supplication i make to you, imploring you to come to my help, O Saint of impossible cases, Advocate of lost causes. Do not let me leave your presence without reassurance and i promise to amend my ways by living a better life, more holy, and more charitable.

3 Our father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

Tridium in thanks giving to God.
Must be prayed after the Novena (when getting what we want)

Charbel Rizk
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