Thursday's With Saint Rita of Cascia

For the introductory prayers and other information on this devotion go HERE.


SECOND THURSDAY



St. Rita's Life- The Miracle of the Bees

For a great explanation of this mystery surrounding St. Rita when she was just a baby go HERE.


Reflection-Blessed are the Meek

Are we artisans of peace wherever we are: at home, at work, or in anywhere else? How do we handle our relations with one another? It would do us no good to have a certain piety if at the same time we were like people who deliberately create misunderstanding and, as the saying goes, "throw oil on the fire." That Rita was predestined to be a saint of meekness was also suggested, at the time of her infancy, by delightful miracle of the bees. Honey has always been a symbol of meekness. let us not forget St. Francis de sales affirming, from experience, that more flies are caught with a spoonful of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.

Our Lord weighed his words well when he said: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the land." (Matthew 5:4)


Closing Prayer-

O St. Rita, deeply Christian parents inculcated in you the sense of Christian Goodness. Teach us to put it into practice. Obtain for us the honey of meekness. WE know that to acquire this virtue we must first be capable of mastering ourselves. And we know very little about doing that. We let ourselves be led by our antipathies, our prejudices, our material interests. Help us change all that, you who were the Saint of meekness. Amen

(all writings taken from "Saint Rita, Saint of the Impossible.")

Just for fun, go HERE for a link to a hymn in Honor of Saint Rita.