The Precious Pearl

The Precious Pearl
Author: Michael Di Gregorio
Publisher: Saint Pauls/Alba House
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Cascia (Italy)
ISBN: 9780818909405

Peacemaker, Saint of the Impossible, the Saint Who Asks Too Much are just a few of the many adjectives used to describe one of the most popular saints of our times. With the canonization of Saint Rita in 1900, interest in and devotion to the Precious Pearl of Umbria spread rapidly not only in her native Italy, but throughout many nations. As a woman who had experienced the various states of life as wife and widow, mother and nun, St. Rita has much to say to women of every time and place. As a victim of violence and a witness to forgiveness, she offers powerful testimony to men and women alike. It is hoped that this little book will bring many to find in St. Rita's example a model whom they can emulate and an intercessor on whom they can count in their time of need.

The Incorruptibles

The Incorruptibles
Author: Joan Carroll Cruz
Publisher: TAN Books
Total Pages: 880
Release: 1991-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0895559536

Continuously popular since it first appeared in 1977, The Incorruptibles remains the acknowledged classic on the bodies of Saints that did not undergo decomposition after death, many remaining fresh and flexible for years, or even centuries. After explaining both natural and artificial mummification, the author shows that the incorruption of the Saints bodies fits into neither category but constitutes a much greater phenomenon which is unexplained by modern science even to this day. The author presents 102 canonized Saints, Beati and Venerables, summarizing their lives, the discovery of their incorruption and investigations by Church and medical authorities. The incorruptible bodies of saints are a consoling sign of Christ's victory over death, a confirmation of the dogma of the Resurrection of the Body, a sign that the Saints are still with us in the Mystical Body of Christ, as well as a proof of the truth of the Catholic Faith for only in the Catholic Church do we find this phenomenon.

Graceful Living

Graceful Living
Author: Johnnette Benkovic
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1682780201

From Johnnette Benkovic bestselling author and host on the EWTN Global Catholic Network comes these short but powerful daily meditations taken from Scripture and the writings of the saints. Designed as a day-by-day spiritual resource, this book features 365 quotes along with a short meditation to enrich your mind, lift your spirit, and feed your soul.

This Thing of Darkness

This Thing of Darkness
Author: Fiorella De Maria
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781621644439

"Hollywood, 1956. Journalist and war widow Evangeline Kilhooley is assigned to write a star profile of the fading actor Bela Lugosi, made famous by his role as Count Dracula. During a series of interviews, Lugosi draws Evi into his curious Eastern European background, gradually revealing the link between Old World shadows and the twilight realm of modern horror films. Along the way, Evi meets another English expatriate, Hugo Radelle, a movie buff who offers to help with her research. As their relationship deepens, Evi begins to suspect that he knows more about her and her soldier husband than he is letting on. Meanwhile, a menacing Darkness stalks all three characters as their histories and destinies mysteriously begin to intertwine."--Provided by publisher.

Saint Rita of Cascia

Saint Rita of Cascia
Author: Bob Lord
Publisher: Journeys of Faith
Total Pages: 14
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Relive with us the story of this great Saint of the Impossible. Visit her birthplace in Roccaporena, and Cascia where she lived. View and venerate her incorrupt body. See the miraculous bees that were part of her life. Go to the convent in Cascia where she lived and witness her life in the Cloister. See her miraculous entry into the community and the Cross from which she received the Stigmata, a thorn in her head. She was the only daughter of a mother and father who feared for her well-being. They married her to a young man who was completely opposite from her. He lived a life of sin, drinking and carousing with other women. She prayed for him, until he finally repented. He was killed by his ex-comrades. His children vowed vengeance on them. St. Rita prayed that before they committed this act of murder against those who had killed her husband, the Lord would take them. She stayed by the bedside of both boys as they died. Then, after much struggle, she entered the convent at an advanced age. She is the Saint of the Impossible. Pray for her intercession.

Life of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.A. from the Italian

Life of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.A. from the Italian
Author: Richard Connolly
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2022-05-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This book presents the story of Saint Rita of Cascia, an Augustinian nun. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Rita was beatified by Pope Urban VIII in 1626 and canonized by Pope Leo XIII on May 24, 1900. At her canonization ceremony, she received the title of Patroness of Impossible Causes. This book is a story of her life and miracles.

St. Rita of Cascia

St. Rita of Cascia
Author: Joseph Sicardo
Publisher: Tan Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780895554079

One of the most popular Saints in the Church for centuries, St. Rita is known as the \"Saint of the Impossible\" because of her amazing answers to prayers, as well as the remarkable events of her own life. Desirous of being a nun, she instead obeyed her parents and married. Her husband was cruel, and caused her much suffering, to which she responded with love and prayers and eventually converted him. After the death of her husband and two sons, Rita was able to enter a convent, where she devoted herself to prayer and penance. She abandoned herself totally to God, diminishing herself as He increased in her. An inspiring story of a soul completely resigned to God\'s will. 132 pgs, PB