Saint Rita | The Patron Saint of Impossible Causes

She wanted to become a nun. Instead, she was forced into marriage.Her husband was violent. He was eventually killed in a blood feud. When her two sons vowed revenge, Rita prayed they would die rather than commit murder. Both died soon afterward.Refused entry to the convent three times, she persisted. Legend says her patron saints carried her into the monastery during the night. She would spend the next forty years as an Augustinian nun.At sixty, Rita prayed to share in Christ's suffering. A wound appeared on her forehead, said to resemble a thorn from the Crown of Thorns, and remained for the rest of her life.Today, Saint Rita is known around the world as the Patron Saint of Impossible Causes.This is the story of extraordinary faith, suffering, perseverance, and transformation.A Ministry of Mind production.#SaintRita #PatronSaintOfImpossibleCauses #CatholicSaints #ChristianHistory #Faith #Christianity #Mysticism #HistoryPodcast #SaintsAndSinners #HumanNature #Transformation #Italy #Augustinian #Wisdom #MinistryOfMind