May 22 (impossible cases)
Almighty Jesus, Saint Rita had a special devotion to
the Passion, because she felt unspeakable awe at what You did on the cross.
She shared in Your suffering beginning at age twelve when her parents married
her to an abusive man, and so she has become the patron of impossible causes.
I ask her to pray for all my most difficult, least hopeful situations, and to
hold dear in her heart, with continuous prayers, all the people I know who are
in harmful, unhealthy or abusive lives. Free us all, dear Lord, from the
strongholds of fear and denial that keep us from discovering Your healing
love. Saint Rita, pray for us. Amen.