Today is the feast of St. Rita of Cascia. She was born in Spoleto in 1386 to older than average parents. She wanted to become a nun, but in obedience to her parents, she married a man who turned out to be abusive. She had twin sons by him. When he was murdered, she begged her sons not to take revenge for their father's death. She prayed to God that they be prevented from this crime, and they each died before they could carry it out.
She entered the Augustinian convent at Cascia after first being turned away because she was a widow. She died there in 1456.
Saint Rita is the patron saint of my parish church and patron of impossible causes.
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