Saint Rita Bracelet "EXCLUSIVE"

* Comes with a Lobster Claw Clasp.
* This bracelet is Unisex and can be for a man or woman.
* 7 Inches is standard for women
* 8 Inches is standard for men.
* Mens Plate Size: 1 3/4 Inches Wide x 1/2 Inch Tall
* Womens Plate Size: 1 Inches Wide x 1/3 Inches Tall

St. Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. She married at age 12 to Paolo Mancini. Her parents
arranged her marriage, despite the fact that she repeatedly begged them to allow her to enter a convent. Mancini was a
rich, quick-tempered, immoral man, who made many enemies in the region. St. Rita endured his insults, abuse, and
infidelities for 18 years, and bore two sons with Mancini, Giangiacomo Antonio and Paolo Maria. Although she tried to
raise them with Catholic values, her sons grew to be like their father. Toward the end of her husband's life, St. Rita
helped convert him to live in a more pious manner. Although Mancini became more congenial, his allies betrayed him, and
he was violently stabbed to death. Before his death, he repented to St. Rita and the Church, and she forgave him for his
transgressions against her. After Mancini's murder, her sons wished to exact revenge on their father's murderers.
Knowing murder was wrong, she tried to persuade them from retaliating, but to no avail. She, instead, prayed to God for
Him to take away the lives of her sons instead of seeing them commit such a terrible sin. In religious history, God
heard St. Rita's words and her sons died of natural causes a year later. After the deaths of her husband and sons, St.
Rita desired to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene at Cascia but was spurned for being a widow, as virginity
was required for entry into the convent. However, she persisted in her cause and was given a condition before the
convent could accept her; the difficult task of reconciling her family with her husband's murderers. She was able to
resolve the conflicts between the families at the age of 36, and was allowed to enter the monastery. However, her actual
entrance into the monastery has been described as a miracle. During the night, when the doors to the monastery were
locked and the sisters were asleep, St. Rita was miraculously transported into the convent by her patron saints Saint
John the Baptist, Saint Augustine, and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. When she was found inside the convent in the morning
and the sisters learned of how she entered, they could not turn her away. One day, while living at the convent Rita
said, "Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour". Suddenly, a thorn from a figure of the crucifixion of Jesus
Christ fell from the crown of thorns and wounded Rita's forehead. As a result, depictions of St. Rita show a forehead
wound to represent this event. She remained at the monastery, living by the Augustinian Rule, until her death. She is
Patron Saint of Lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers, and recently ...
Baseball.

Catalog ID: PG86892

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