Life of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.A. - the Catholic Kingdom!
Life of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.A. - the Catholic Kingdom! Life of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.A. - the Catholic Kingdom!
possible. But the Lord, who searches the heart,and delights in men of goodwill, sought nothingmore from Rita then. But she was unconsciouslyincreasing in charity and in merit as she grew inyears, so that she could apply to herself the sayingof Job-that mercy came out with him from his Imother's womb, and from his infancy grew upwith him.* Not only did her spirit grow, as itwere, and become strong by the exercise of thesebeautiful virtues, but her progress in all virtue was 1extraordinary.t* Job xxi. 18.*Private Use Only
CHAPTER VIIpT. JOHN THE BAPTIST experienced aS similar strengthening of the spirit, as weread in that place in which it is also written thathe went into the desert, where he hid himself, asBlessed Simon says, in order to give himself upentirely to prayer, contemplation, and penance.The comparison between these saints is often afitting one, for Rita always follows closely in thefootsteps of her great model. It is true that,according to the example of the Psalmist, shewalked in the innocence of her heart, in the bosomof her virtuous family, for she found nothingabroad that could distract her spirit from theaffairs of her home, whilst her gravity, modesty,and habitual seclusion opened to her a wide fieldfor the exercise of her love of prayer. Yet shewas so enamoured of heavenly things that shewearied of the things of earth, and desired, ina certain sense, to be out of the world; and since[ 51 I 4-2More Free Items at www.catholickingdom.com
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- Page 8 and 9: e forced to write, so important did
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- Page 16 and 17: -nearly so, as Angelus and Louis of
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- Page 42 and 43: colour. But they have been mistaken
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- Page 46 and 47: Tobias, who, although he was the yo
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- Page 54 and 55: John Paleologus, who had succeeded
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- Page 60 and 61: CHAPTER IXRITA AS WIFETHE Apostle's
- Page 62 and 63: justice' sake, she took every care
- Page 64 and 65: was named Gian Giacomo, and the oth
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- Page 70 and 71: death reached the ears of his widow
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CHAPTER VIIpT. JOHN THE BAPTIST experienced aS similar streng<strong>the</strong>ning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> spirit, as weread in that place in which it is also written tha<strong>the</strong> went into <strong>the</strong> desert, where he hid himself, asBlessed Simon says, in order to give himself upentirely to prayer, contemplation, and penance.The comparison between <strong>the</strong>se saints is <strong>of</strong>ten afitting one, for <strong>Rita</strong> always follows closely in <strong>the</strong>footsteps <strong>of</strong> her great model. It is true that,according to <strong>the</strong> example <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Psalmist, shewalked in <strong>the</strong> innocence <strong>of</strong> her heart, in <strong>the</strong> bosom<strong>of</strong> her virtuous family, for she found nothingabroad that could distract her spirit from <strong>the</strong>affairs <strong>of</strong> her home, whilst her gravity, modesty,and habitual seclusion opened to her a wide fieldfor <strong>the</strong> exercise <strong>of</strong> her love <strong>of</strong> prayer. Yet shewas so enamoured <strong>of</strong> heavenly things that shewearied <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> things <strong>of</strong> earth, and desired, ina certain sense, to be out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world; and since[ 51 I 4-2More Free Items at www.catholickingdom.com
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