Today is the Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia. Born near Spoleto, Italy, Rita wanted to be a nun but married in deference to her parents. For nearly 20 years, she endured her profligate husband's mistreatment. Following his violent death, she was admitted after three refusals to an Augustinian convent at Cascia, where she spent the next 40 years. She is remembered for her devoted care of sick nuns and for a deep forehead wound that lasted 15 years, caused she said by a thorn from Christ's crown of thorns. She has a large popular following, and is invoked in Italy for difficult situations. (fb)

We invite you to join us for the Daily Mass celebration from the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Scranton for Thursday, May 22, 2025. To view the Mass for the Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter live, or anytime afterward, please click the following link: https://www.dioceseofscranton.org/media/ctv-catholic-television/thursday-daily-mass/ (fb)