![]() ![]() “In our life as Contemplatives, we may never see the fruit of all the prayers and penance we do. “Sometimes, when the cross just seems too heavy and you can’t seem to carry it any longer, go to church to the Blessed Sacrament, if you can, or just in your living room, tell the Lord: I thirst for Your Love, for Your Understanding. It was never easy, but she knew how to dig deep when things got tough. It was from the Blessed Sacrament that she drew her inspiration, her strength and courage to accomplish all that she had done. How did something so unimaginable come about? There is no doubt Mother Angelica would point to the Eucharist as her answer. They fought harder, conquered more often, and grew like Jesus, in grace and wisdom before God and men.” –Mother Angelica They all changed their lives, some their state in life, but they did not get rid of their weaknesses. A vacuum deep in their souls began to be filled, for they found the Pearl of great price. “The Saints determined, at some point in their lives, to follow Jesus. And to make a long story short no-one expected that wise-cracking kid to become a contemplative nun and the foundress of a Poor Clare Monastery in the mostly Protestant south, or that she would start a world-wide Catholic television network, or that she would build a “Temple,” the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament at the request of the Child Jesus. Rita was what you would call “a tough cookie,” a hardheaded, hot tempered, wise-cracking kid. But the Italian community had faith, and by God’s grace, Jesus gradually drew Rita closer. Rita’s parents hadn’t been particularly religious either. She suffered greatly not only from poverty but poor health. ![]() The neighborhood wasn’t exactly ideal for a child growing up mob figures and prostitutes were part of the landscape in Canton, Ohio, at that time. Little Rita’s father had abandoned her family, forcing her mother and four brothers to move in with her grandparents, who owned a saloon. ![]() ![]() Mother Angelica born into Eternal life, Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016.īorn on April 20, 1923, Rita Antoinette Rizzo had a tough road ahead of her. ![]()
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