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.
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