Holy Rita,

you who have known trial, pain and loneliness,

you who have kept the faith when all seemed lost,

come to my aid today in my distress.

You have experienced injustice, suffering of the heart,

and yet you have responded with love, patience and peace.

You who are the saint of impossible cases,

the protector of hopeless causes,

I turn to you with trust.

See my sorrow, hear my prayer.

I entrust to you this burden that I can no longer bear alone:

(here, say inwardly the cause to be entrusted).

You who know how dark the paths sometimes are,

intercede for me with God,

he who can do all things, even what the world thinks cannot be done.

Give me peace of heart, light in my choices,

and if it is right and good for me,

the grace I ask of you today.

And if God still asks me to wait or to carry this cross,

help me to do it with courage and abandon,

as you did, day after day, never losing faith.

Saint Rita, rose of silence and fidelity,

blessed flower in the middle of winter,

I beg you: pray for me,

and keep me in hope.

Amen.