In case anyone reading is not aware, I have a particular devotion to the saint of the impossible – St. Rita of Cascia. St. Rita has been very kind to me over many years and I thank God for this great friendship.
I pray an ongoing novena to her found here. Every nine days I start anew. For the past two years I have been asking readers if they have any particular intentions that I could add into this daily novena.
To my surprise, the list is now several pages long. And I don’t simply mention it once and then forget about it. Whatever anyone has asked me to pray for, I keep it on the list until I hear otherwise.
Yesterday I received a beautiful email from a man who had written in November asking for prayers for a particularly difficult situation. Turns out his prayer was answered in February and it just took him a little while to let me know. It’s all good. He got an extra few months of novena prayers!
Tonight I heard from a friend who is already on the list. She asks for prayers for an additional situation. It is done. I actually wonder sometimes how this came to me to be a sort of “apostle of Rita” if you will. But it is what I can do and I do it gladly.
If you have any intentions, please forward them to me by email. harvey@harveymillican.com . I will happily add you to the list and will pray until you tell me to stop.
St Rita of Cascia, Patron Saint of Impossible Causes, pray for us!
Please offer up a prayer to St. Rita for my intentions if you think of it.
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