February 29, 2024
St Rita Relic Holy Medal on 24" Chain - Impossible Causes, Spousal Abuse, Widows
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St Rita of CasciaHoly Medal on neckchainNickel Silver medal is brand new, oval in shape and 7/8" tall. It is attached to a 24" Stainless Steel continuous chain which will slips easily on and off over your head. The medal has St Rita of Cascia in a very detailed scene of the saint kneeling before the altar and receiving her stigmata. A spray of flowers and a third class relic of the saint are on the medal's reverse. Made in Italy. Comes gift boxed and with a St Rita of Cascia prayer card, gift bag and tissue paper.St Rita of Cascia (1386-1457) was interested in the religious life as a young girl, but her parents betrothed her at age 12, and at 18 she married. Her husband turned out to be abusive, and she put up with this for 18 years, bearing him two sons, until he was ambushed and stabbed to death. Her sons swore vengeance on their father's killers, but through Rita's prayers and interventions, they forgave the attackers. When her sons also died, Rita entered into religious life in the convent of St Mary Magdalene. There she spent the next 40 years of her life. She was devoted to the Passion of Christ and in answer to a prayer, received a wound which appeared to have been caused by a crown of thorns, which bled for 15 years. St Rita is the patron of hopeless or impossible causes, widows, difficult marriages, and victims of spousal
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