Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of Impossible Causes And Difficult Marriages?
Saint Rita of Cascia · Feast day May 22
The patron saint of impossible causes and difficult marriages is Saint Rita of Cascia, whose feast day is May 22.
Who was Saint Rita of Cascia?
Saint Rita of Cascia endured a hard marriage and the loss of her husband and sons before entering a convent, where she lived in deep prayer and received a wound on her forehead like a thorn from Christ's crown. Her life held almost every kind of sorrow, and she bore it in faith.
Why the patron of impossible causes and difficult marriages?
Because she carried and overcame such suffering, she is invoked, alongside Saint Jude, as the patron of impossible causes and troubled marriages.
In the Word
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.Luke 18:27 (KJV)
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