Saint Rita of Cássia was one of the most important religious figures who stood out in the history of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.
Pray the Novena to Saint Rita of Cassia
= Pray every day =
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Pray the theme of each day
Pray 1 Our Father; 10 Hail Marys and 1 Glory Be to the Father
Pray the Final Prayer
First day
Theme: Rita, parents' joy in old age.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, you who were born when your parents were already advanced in age, you had a very special affection for them. It always teaches us to love all the elderly people who live in our homes and in our communities. May we have patience with them and the conditions to love them as an image of Jesus whom you loved so much.
Second day
Theme: Saint Rita, lover of prayer.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, you nurtured, from an early age, a deep love of prayer and solitude with God, help us to discover our vocation as prayers in a world that forgets to pray. May we pray for those who do not know how to pray, for those who cannot pray and for those who do not want to pray.
Third day
Theme: Saint Rita, faithful to her husband.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, even in the midst of the hardest sufferings you went through in your marriage, you did not lose heart and prayed incessantly for the conversion of your husband. Teach today's couples your simple way of being faithful in joy or sadness, in health or illness, in love, respect and fidelity.
Fourth day
Theme: Santa Rita, a mother's heart for her children.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, you were patient and affectionate towards your two sons, who wanted to avenge their father's death. Teach today's parents to always have an open, concerned and loving heart towards their children, following the example of the father of the prodigal son, whom you imitated in your life.
Fifth day
Theme: Saint Rita, lover of religious life.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, you nurtured, like no one else, a total love for the consecrated and religious life. It shows many young people today the path to discover true disinterested and total love for God and one's brothers. Intercede so that many holy priestly and religious vocations may arise.
Sixth day
Theme: Saint Rita, profound penitent.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cassia, you discovered, in faith and penance, a mysterious way of secretly loving God, whom you chose to follow. It also helps us discover penance as an evangelical value of personal conversion and detachment from all forms of selfishness.
Seventh day
Theme: Saint Rita, obedient to her superiors.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, like no one else you obeyed your religious superiors because you saw in this obedience an evangelical value, a love of someone who gives everything for an ever greater love. It teaches Christians of our day true mutual charity, which makes every form of obedience nothing more than a way of serving one's brothers.
Eighth day
Theme: Saint Rita, lover of the Crucified One.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cassia, you discovered in the love of the crucified Jesus a way to also love suffering. Teach us to carry our crosses when they arise, without becoming discouraged or despairing. It also shows us the redemptive warmth of all suffering accepted for the love of Jesus, who, having nothing more to offer, gave us His own life.
Ninth day
Theme: Saint Rita, patron saint of impossible causes.
O admirable Saint Rita of Cássia, due to the wonders you achieved from God, you were chosen as patroness of all impossible causes. Help us to trust more and more in the wonderful miracle of love that performs the greatest of all wonders on earth: the conversion of all hearts to God.
Final prayer
God the Father of goodness, You give us the example of the saints so that, by imitating them on earth, we can one day reach the joys of heaven. Give me, I ask You, through the intercession of Saint Rita of Cascia, patroness of desperate and impossible cases, who loved You so much in this life, the graces that I so ardently beseech You.