Infant Jesus of Prague: Another Powerful Mediator

I have known Saint Rita of Cascia early of this year, and begun praying to her and regularly say her novena since then.

Saint Rita of Cascia is popularly known as Patroness of the Impossible Cases and Saint of the Hopeless Causes. Likewise, she is known by the title Patroness of the Desperate Cases.

Saint Rita, I can attest, is a very powerful intercessor the the Lord - so far most of my intentions and prayers were granted by God through her assistance.

While I do consider Saint Rita of Cascia as my personal saint, I also have other favorite saints that also turn to and pray.

One of my favorite saints is the Infant Jesus of Prague. Often, I say his 9 day novena, together with my saying of Saint Rita's novena.

Here is the Novena of the Infant Jesus of Prague.

Like Saint Rita, I also can attest that the Infant Jesus is a powerful intercessor for those who pray to him for help and intercession that the Lord may grant our prayers or intentions.

Saint Rita of Cascia: For the Desperate and the Hopeless

I have published two versions of Saint Rita of Cascia’s novena, hoping that some of you would be able to develop the habit and become devotees of Saint Rita.

This is one of my goals, that is, to spread much information about the Patroness of the Hopeless Causes / Saint of the Impossible Cases.

By the way, I learned that another title given to Saint Rita of Cascia is the Saint of the Desperates.

If you would notice the titles bestowed to her, you can say that she is the saint to go to and pray for assistance especially if your request is quite difficult or even impossible to achieve.

I had my share of impossible intentions, and while often, the difficult circumstances which pushed me to pray to Saint Rita of Cascia for intercession see me weak and even not fully having faith in her power as a messenger to the Lord, still I receive answers and possible results from my prayers and novena to her.

This proves that Saint Rita of Cascia is a powerful intercessor and favored saint of the Lord.

Does anyone have a miracle to share, an intention or request so difficult yet was granted through Saint Rita’s intercession?

Please we have a lot of space here – let us all hear about them.

Saint Rita of Cascia and Company: Honor, Not Worship

Most of us Catholics pray to the Saints and even say regularly their novenas. I say the novena of our beloved Italian Saint Rita of Cascia, the Patroness of the Hopeless Causes and Lady Saint of the Impossible Cases.

But of course, as devout Catholic, we do not pray to the Saints to worship and idolize them – which definitely is not proper and is even a sin as taught by the Church.

Only God deserves our highest worship and praise. One of the Ten Commandments states, “I am your only God. You shall not have other gods before me.” So indeed, one may be committing a mortal sin if he idolizes and worships saints.

One good reason why we pray to the Saints is because we ask for their intercession to the Lord for our many requests and intentions. The saints are given the special tasks to be powerful intercessors to the Lord, assisting us in obtaining and receiving the grace and blessings of God.

Saint Rita of Cascia has been my best friend, and has acted many times as a powerful intercessor on my behalf.

Many of my intentions which I say when I pray to Saint Rita of Cascia and do her novena are heard and granted by the Lord God. And for this, I always try my best to propagate information about her, send out her novena and prayers to as many friends and acquaintances as possible.

We are given the privilege to invoke saints and directing to them our prayers and intentions, that we may be able to obtain them from God thru their assistance.

Saint Rita of Cascia Novena: Another Version

The novena to a particular saint or patron varies as there may be several versions of the prayer of the novena. There may be the complete version, or it can be changed into a shortened one. But then, in most versions, the essense of the novena as a prayer honoring a particular saint remains.

Like in my case, I received a novena to Saint Rita of Cascia by email (this is how I was introduced to her). It was quite different in words when a compared it other version - and much shorter. Probably the sender wishes to publish a much easier to pray version of her novena.

And I wish to publish it here for everyone to appreciate:

Novena to Saint Rita of Cascia

O Lady Saint of the needy, Saint Rita
whose whispers are always heard by God
and who because of your generosity in granting intentions
is called the Patroness of the Hopeless Cases.

Help me in my petition and prayers
show me your power with the Lord,
and help me through your powerful intercession
that God hear me and grant my petition
in Jesus' name.

I promise that if God grants my petition
through your intersession, Saint Rita of Cascia,
I will praise your blessedness
and make known to everyone your help.

Before the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I pray that you may grant (say your request).

as soon as God deems it fit. Amen

(This short novena must be prayed fervently for 9 consecutive days. Do remember to publish this prayer to Saint Rita of Cascia if your petition is fullfilled and granted.)

Saint Rita of Cascia and Other Saints: Blessed Intercessors

While many Catholics among us (me included) tend to ask everyone - our family, friends, the parish priest, the sisters and nuns of our alma mater – to help by also praying with us for whatever important intention we have at the moment, we also turn to our Patron Saints for their intercession to the Lord that He may grant our requests.

We recognize the saints as an effective conveyor of our prayers, intentions, and requests to the Lord. This is what we accept - as it is indicated in most of the novenas for saints. In the first part of novena to Saint Rita of Cascia, it more or less goes – “Saint Rita of Cascia, whose pleadings before the Lord are almost always irresistible…”

This line means that saints are reliable intercessors – and anyone who prays to God for his intention or request through the saints would certainly earn God’s blessings and favors.

Most novenas request devotees to return the favor by publishing the novena and spreading information about the saint once their prayers and intentions are heard and granted.

In my case, I have always received God’s blessings through Saint Rita of Cascia’s intercession. In return, I publish information about the Patroness of Hopeless Cases through this site, and hopefully be able to attract others to become devotees of Saint Rita.

My Being Devoted to Saint Rita of Cascia: Is It Okay?

Why are many Catholics devotees to saints?

Does it make sense that while the Holy Bible clearly states that “Jesus is the Only Way, Truth and Life”, still many pray to the saints for intersession to the Lord God.

Does this mean Catholics recognize the saints as another means of communicating and praying and sending forth intentions to God?

I myself am a devotee to Saint Rita of Cascia, and have been regularly saying her novena. I also publish her novena and other information about her through this site as a way of keeping my promise for all the intentions granted. And all my prayers heard by the Lord through her intercession.

Would my being a devotee to Saint Rita of Cascia mean that I am sinning since as a devout Catholic myself, I do recognize Jesus as the Only Way to the Father?

Personally, I am careful about this – so I always declare that saints for me are like true friends whom one can count on.

Saints are not to be worshipped. Respect is more that they deserve. I believe they are more like messengers to God, helping us get our prayers and intentions across to Him.

Saints for me are like Jesus’ assistants when it comes to sending messages to the Lord.

For me, it is okay to be a devotee to Saint Rita of Cascia - she has been a wonderful messenger for me to the Lord, and many of my prayers have been heard and granted so far – through her help and in Jesus’ name.

More Trivia on Saint Rita of Cascia

Here is a few trivia on Saint Rita of Cascia, the Patroness of the Hopeless and the Saint of the Impossible Cases.

Did you know that aside from parishes and churches, many schools, places and religious establishments were named in honor of Saint Rita of Cascia?

Many schools and colleges in the United States of America are named after our beloved saint. In Illinois are two schools named in honor of her such as Saint Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago and Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic School in Aurora.

There is also the Saint Rita Primary school in the state of Wisconsin.

Likewise, there is a nice place of retreat in Italy, Sanctuary of Saint Rita in Roccaporena, was built in Roccaporena, also named in honor of our beloved saint.

The sanctuary honors Saint Rita by showcasing the saint’s blessed life in this part of Roccaporena, her place of birth.

On a Growing Saint Rita of Cascia and Miracles

I have heard of a story about a Filipino owner whose clay image of Saint Rita of Cascia, the Patroness of the Hopeless and Impossible Cases, growing slowly but steadily.

The image was a little over a foot tall, but the owner noticed that image was growing in size.

He took the measuring tape, and checked for the image’s length. Indeed, his Saint Rita of Cascia statue (which he got from a trip to Italy) has grown – and added at least two more inches.

What is more surprising for him is that along with the miracle of the growing statue, he seemed to have received the gift of healing. And this gift he has begun to heal the sick people in his hometown.

And he have been very vocal in saying that because of his prayers to Saint Rita of Cascia and his desire to help the poor, he was blessed by the Lord with the ability to heal.

I have heard about similar miracles stories like this. And often time I do not know how to take such stories. More often than not, I take it with a grain of salt but always with an open mind.

In these modern times, miracles that are religious in nature are often met with indifference and doubt.

Nonetheless, let us be reminded that Saints exists because of miracles. And these miracles are examined, verified and confirmed by the concerned authorities. Which means that miracles do exist and are recognized by the Church, even in these times of skepticism.