Let Your Pain Become Your Cross

Hello everyone! In this video I wanted to share how sometimes our heart may become trouble and blinded when we experience pain and suffering. Its always important to mediate on Christ passion as we experience difficulties. As mentioned from scripture, we should be happy that we experience suffering. As it is a testament that God is here with us and wants us to grow spiritually. I want to share the life of a saint who experienced suffering and sorrows all her life but still remained incredibly faithful and filled with love.

St. Rita was a female saint living during the 14th and 15th century in Italy. St. Rita is known as the patron saint for abused women, mourning wives and impossible causes.

From an early age St. Rita desired to become a nun, but her parents insisted that she marry. Out of obedience to her parents' wishes, St. Rita entered an arranged marriage at the age of twelve. Adding to her disappointment, her husband was cruel and harsh; she spent eighteen years in a very difficult relationship. Her husband eventually became physically abusive, yet Rita met his cruelty with kindness and patience. After many years of prayer, patience, and trust in God, she eventually won her husband over to greater civility and kindness. She also bore two sons whom she loved deeply. However her husband died due to rivalry and she could not persuade her sons to not seek revenge.

Prayer was her only hope. She pleaded with God that he would prevent the evil swelling up in the hearts of her sons, or allow them to die before they had the chance to commit a mortal sin and be separated from God forever in hell. God granted her prayers. Both of her sons fell sick and died within a year, and in a state of grace; God intervened and prevented them from following the evil path of their father. After the death of her husband and her two sons, St. Rita was all alone in the world. She again sought to enter the convent, as had been her desire from childhood. But failed to enter again.
Yet she continued praying to God as it was all she could do.

Like St Rita let us all never cease praying.

O powerful St. Rita, rightly called Saint of the Impossible, I come to you with confidence in my great need. You know well my trials, for you yourself were many times burdened in this life. Come to my help, speak for me, pray with me, intercede on my behalf before the Father.




Scripture:
00:00 - 1 Peter 4
02:55 - Hebrews 12
07:33 - 2 Corinthians 4
10:34 - James 1

Narrator - David Suchet
Bible Version - NIV
Music:    • dreams never lived (a playlist)