St. Rita of Cascia (M 015) Scented Candle

Wife, Mother, Widow, Nun—St. Rita of Cascia (1386-1457) experienced many stages of life. Life, however, had a way of putting her between a rock and a hard place. For this reason, she is venerated as patron saint of lost and impossible causes. Devoted to Christ’s Passion, she received a partial stigmata at the age of sixty: a chronic wound in the forehead as if from a crown of thorns that bled for the next fifteen years. It is her principal attribute. + Feast: May 22 + Image Source (M 015): Antique image of St. Rita [of Cascia] from a 1904 devotional print in chromolithography originally published by A. & M. B. [Albrecht & Meister of Berlin], Germany. From the designer’s collection of religious ephemera. + While the wording varies somewhat from Gospel to Gospel, our default quotation which is in the public domain appears in Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27, and Luke 18:27. + Prefer a solid color background? Delete the pattern image and see the Color Palette postcard for recommendations. Color Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes.