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LIFE OF ST. RITA OF CASCIACHAPTER ICASCIA: A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORYT. BERNARD abserves that the place inS which our Saviour died attracts our devotionin a greater degree than any of those placesin which He dwelt during His life, and can thereforeboast of a certain pre-eminence. Speakingof St. Rita, we can say the same of Cascia comparedwith Rocca Porena, her birthplace. Casciagoverned Rocca Porena as did Jerusalem Nazareth,but it is not on this account we claim its superiority,but because our saint lived there for many yearsand died there, and there her relics are venerated.Cascia is therefore looked upon as St. Rita'shome, and hence she is called St. Rita of Cascia.Were we but to give a cursory sketch of the historyof Cascia from its annals, which still exist, thepresent volume could not contain what we shouldMore Free Items at www.catholickingdom.com
Page 1: ST. RITA RECEIVES HER MIRACULOUS WO
Page 5: CHAPTERPAGEV. RITA'S OBSERVANCE OF
Page 9 and 10: our Saviour, and hence its pagan in
Page 11: But at the bepnhg of the disastrous
Page 14: who from being lord of three towns
Page 17: CASCIA : A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY I9
Page 20 and 21: for God to recall the justice of pa
Page 22 and 23: It furnished them with inexhaustibl
Page 27 and 28: as the sanctity of the Baptist was
Page 29 and 30: Lombardy, the cruelty exercised by
Page 31 and 32: sense, was fulfilled here too: such
Page 33 and 34: against which Blessed Simon of Casc
Page 35 and 36: did the relatives and neighbours of
Page 37 and 38: sanctification awaited her. There R
Page 39 and 40: wIThe Gospel tells us that fear cam
Page 41 and 42: in the same place, without ever. ha
Page 43 and 44: forth in his manhood in defence of
Page 45 and 46: marked her for its own. But they kn
Page 47 and 48: as good manners and obedience permi
Page 49 and 50: CHAPTER VIIpT. JOHN THE BAPTIST exp
Page 51 and 52: tions of grace which the profane kn
Page 53 and 54: CHAPTER VIIIRITA'S MARRIAGEPrbIN th
Page 55 and 56: IIrightly excited in her feelings o
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husband for her, in order both to m
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common joy did not reach the heart
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a wonderful manner towards greater
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for her long-suffering at length wo
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and the worst of aJl her troubles.
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and, in a word, made herself all th
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CHAPTER XDEATH OF RITA'S HUSBAND AN
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whose designs are inscrutable, n_ot
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mid-air, and Isaac was saved; but s
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vocation, as it is told by an ancie
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Tolentine, her special advocate, wa
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#art 3E3ERITA IN THE CLOISTERMore F
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CHAPTER IRITA'S MIRACULOUS ENTRY IN
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elsewhere were good morals to be fo
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the spouse of the Canticles called
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ing this event, we may well judge t
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within the Order, and was raised to
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cfection. Jesus Christ teaches us t
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Therefore Rita preferred this sweet
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iCHAPTER I11wHAT constitutes the gr
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hcheerfully, and with joy readily a
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or acquired it by the practice of t
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total separation from her beloved s
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CHAPTER IVOTHER VIRTUES WHICH RITA
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life, for her life was a continuous
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as if she were the vilest of creatu
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The strongest weapon of the perfect
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not in vain ; for so pleasing to Go
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aof the community, but, subject to
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irrfishes of the deep took care to
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ing to extraordinary virtue like Ri
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iran assurance of victory in tempta
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aknow for certainty whether even fo
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CHAPTER VII0IF Rita's body, oppress
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in the darkness of the night, in th
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garments and fixed to the cross wit
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who came none went away dissatisfie
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xrpreach the Crusade in the provinc
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disgusted others. But these things
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CHAPTER IXRITA GOES TO ROME TO GAIN
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she threw herself at the feet of th
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St. Rita a century later to the six
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1rIcontrary to the opinion of the w
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P1could not be told how she was abl
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There, on a leafless tree, she foun
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ments with a fervour which cannot e
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@art 3E3ERITA IN HEAVENMore Free It
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ICHAPTER IWONDERFUL EVENTS THAT HAP
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Ipeace were seen in that troubled p
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WONDERFUL EVENTStion of events so w
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CHAPTER I1,- MIRACLES WROUGHT BY GO
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Giacone, in the territory of Cascia
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physicians judged incurable, had he
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The saint consoled them, for in a s
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een enjoying. To their questions ab
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waxen image. Hardly had they made t
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daughters was seized by the malady.
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On the 26th of December of the same
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fhe would there regain his health.
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MIRACLES THROUGH RITA'S INTERCESSIO
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virtue was annexed to relics of the
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the walls, and such things, of the
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send them to distant countries. Dev
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" Blessed Rita, help me." ' Now, le
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occasion the eyes of the saint were
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IiLSt. Rita. So the constant tradit
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Similarly have been observed b us,
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ICascia, of the diocese of Spoleto,
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Ition and glory of the saint. Follo
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IselvesAbout eight years after her
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was then Maggiordomo to Pope Urban
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CHAPTER VISOLEMN BEATIFICATION OF R
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IIImost importance is good order, r
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examination by the Sacred Congregat
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lIIand gladness of the extraordinar
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the earth of the benefits she has c
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the doctor and of the community, sh
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Pelagalli- of St. Anatolia, but the
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CHAPTER VIII*MOREwRECENT MIRACLES O
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internal and external remedies, but
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and the neighbouring towns, and man
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MORE RECENT MIRACLES OF ST. RITA 22
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mark of gratitude he sent the conve
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I sacrifice and the prayers soon br
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from St. Rita, had recourse to her,
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write to Aunt Chiara Maria (she was
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mind, return me the visit at Conver
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weakness and dejection continued. O
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Rita. The oil of the saint was requ
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crowned by a most singular grace. A
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Holy Father, and after having tearf
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it was finished. The same remedy wa
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doctor's astonishment went on rapid
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you have made.' The poor girl had,
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IIIIa picture of her in her hand, w
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of the province of Cosenza, and tha
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was reduced to a state of consterna
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vention of Blessed Rita to be of th
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CHAPTER IXHER CANONIZATIONIN readin
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finding of the Congregation. On the
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the venerable body itself, in order
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conclusively proved, after venerati
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THE THREE MIRACLES APPROVED FOR HER
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IIIto the little patient, her aunt
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As a complement of the narration of
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!Such for many years was Pelligrini
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CONCLUSIONwE have now come, oh, rea
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