She is one of the most beloved saints, and Rimini celebrates her every year with a festival in the church named after her. Wednesday 22 May, in church of Santa Rita (Piazza Gramsci) Feast of Santa Rita of Cascia, the saint of impossibles.
There are two characteristic signs of the iconography of Saint Rita (born Margherita Lotti): the plug And the roses.
The thorn which, like a ray of light, detaches itself from the crown of thorns of the Crucifix and creates a wound on her forehead (after the preaching of Fra Giacomo della Manca on Good Friday 1432, which she listened to intensely).
The roses: in 1443 Rita fell seriously ill. To a relative who visits her, she asks for a rose and two figs; despite being in the middle of winter, the relative surprisingly finds the rose and figs in Rita’s garden in Roccaporena.
The two signs can be united and read in a spiritual way: in the Crucifix we contemplate the love of Jesus for man. We are then sent to give the “scent of charity” to our brothers in the situations of daily life.
1370-1447: it is a difficult period for the Church and for society, due to divisions, confusion, disorders. In this time Rita lived in an exemplary Christian way, a model in particular for women: as a daughter, wife, mother, widow, religious.
The Feast in church of Santa Rita in Piazza Gramsci predicts s. Harvest, confessions, blessing of the roses And blessing of cars.
The church of Santa Rita will be open from 6.30 am to 7.30 pm.
HOLY MASS TIMES: 7am – 9am – 11am – 4pm – 6pm
CONFESSIONS: IN THE CLOISTER, ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH
BLESSING OF THE ROSES (before and after each mass and must be provided by the faithful)
BLESSING OF THE CARS (in the afternoon after 3pm being market day)
POSSIBILITY TO BOOK HOLY MASS will be celebrated during the year in the church of Santa Rita or by the priests of the Casa del Clero.
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