{"product_id":"ecce-homo-bracelet-exclusive-p86892","title":"Saint Rita Bracelet \"EXCLUSIVE\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e* Comes with a Lobster Claw Clasp. \n\u003cbr\u003e* This bracelet is Unisex and can be for a man or woman. \n\u003cbr\u003e* 7 Inches is standard for women\n\u003cbr\u003e* 8 Inches is standard for men. \n\u003cbr\u003e* Mens Plate Size: 1 3\/4 Inches Wide x 1\/2 Inch Tall \n\u003cbr\u003e* Womens Plate Size: 1 Inches Wide x 1\/3 Inches Tall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. She married at age 12 to Paolo Mancini. Her parents \n\u003cbr\u003earranged her marriage, despite the fact that she repeatedly begged them to allow her to enter a convent. Mancini was a \n\u003cbr\u003erich, quick-tempered, immoral man, who made many enemies in the region. St. Rita endured his insults, abuse, and \n\u003cbr\u003einfidelities for 18 years, and bore two sons with Mancini, Giangiacomo Antonio and Paolo Maria. Although she tried to \n\u003cbr\u003eraise them with Catholic values, her sons grew to be like their father. Toward the end of her husband's life, St. Rita \n\u003cbr\u003ehelped convert him to live in a more pious manner. Although Mancini became more congenial, his allies betrayed him, and \n\u003cbr\u003ehe was violently stabbed to death. Before his death, he repented to St. Rita and the Church, and she forgave him for his \n\u003cbr\u003etransgressions against her. After Mancini's murder, her sons wished to exact revenge on their father's murderers. \n\u003cbr\u003eKnowing murder was wrong, she tried to persuade them from retaliating, but to no avail. She, instead, prayed to God for \n\u003cbr\u003eHim to take away the lives of her sons instead of seeing them commit such a terrible sin. In religious history, God \n\u003cbr\u003eheard St. Rita's words and her sons died of natural causes a year later. After the deaths of her husband and sons, St. \n\u003cbr\u003eRita desired to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene at Cascia but was spurned for being a widow, as virginity \n\u003cbr\u003ewas required for entry into the convent. However, she persisted in her cause and was given a condition before the \n\u003cbr\u003econvent could accept her; the difficult task of reconciling her family with her husband's murderers. She was able to \n\u003cbr\u003eresolve the conflicts between the families at the age of 36, and was allowed to enter the monastery. However, her actual \n\u003cbr\u003eentrance into the monastery has been described as a miracle. During the night, when the doors to the monastery were \n\u003cbr\u003elocked and the sisters were asleep, St. Rita was miraculously transported into the convent by her patron saints Saint \n\u003cbr\u003eJohn the Baptist, Saint Augustine, and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. When she was found inside the convent in the morning \n\u003cbr\u003eand the sisters learned of how she entered, they could not turn her away. One day, while living at the convent Rita \n\u003cbr\u003esaid, \"Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour\". Suddenly, a thorn from a figure of the crucifixion of Jesus \n\u003cbr\u003eChrist fell from the crown of thorns and wounded Rita's forehead. As a result, depictions of St. Rita show a forehead \n\u003cbr\u003ewound to represent this event. She remained at the monastery, living by the Augustinian Rule, until her death. She is \n\u003cbr\u003ePatron Saint of Lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers, and recently ... \n\u003cbr\u003eBaseball.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picturesongold","offers":[{"title":"Sterling Silver \/ 7 IN","offer_id":48867301064857,"sku":"86892-224462","price":169.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sterling Silver \/ 8 IN","offer_id":48867301032089,"sku":"86892-224463","price":179.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k Yellow Gold \/ 7 IN","offer_id":48867301097625,"sku":"86892-224465","price":989.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k Yellow Gold \/ 8 IN","offer_id":48867301130393,"sku":"86892-224466","price":1219.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k White Gold \/ 7 IN","offer_id":48867301163161,"sku":"86892-224464","price":989.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k White Gold \/ 8 IN","offer_id":48867301195929,"sku":"86892-224467","price":1219.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/3510\/4921\/files\/gp_a8swx_86892_1413306069.jpg?v=1786553176","url":"https:\/\/aliviadanny.com\/products\/ecce-homo-bracelet-exclusive-p86892","provider":"Alivia \u0026 Danny","version":"1.0","type":"link"}