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At an early age Rita begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her.
Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband mistreated her. He taught their children his own evil ways. One day her husband was stabbed by an enemy, but before he died he was sorry for his sins because Rita prayed for him. Shortly afterward her two sons died, and Rita was alone.
Rita spent her time in prayer, penance, and good works. She entered the convent of the Augustinian nuns.
Sister Rita had a great devotion to the Passion of Christ. “Please let me suffer like You, divine Savior,” she said one day, and suddenly one of the thorns from the crucifix struck her on the forehead. It left a deep wound which did not heal and which caused her much suffering for the rest of her life.
People pray to Saint Rita to help them in their family problems because she was a good example of a wife and mother.
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