Dear St. Rita, model wife and widow, saint of the impossible – you yourself patiently suffered a long illness for the love and glory of God. Teach us to pray as you did. Full of confidence in your intercession, we ask you to come to help us not only in our personal needs but we ask you to bless our marriages, homes and country at this critical time. We pray for the intentions which we speak in the silence of our hearts (name the intention) and may the answer to our prayer be for the glory of God and the salvation of all.