what made saint rita of cascia a saint?

By the perfect union with thy Divine Will,

By thy heroic sufferings during thy married life,

By the consolation thou didst experience at the conversion of thy husband,

By the Sacrifice of thy children rather than see them grievously offend God.

By thy miraculous entrance into the convent,

By thy severe penances and thrice daily bloody scouragings,

By the suffering caused by the wound thou didst receive from the thorn of thy Crucified Saviour,

By the divine love which consumed thy heart,

By that remarkable devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, on which alone thou didst exist for four years.

By the happiness with which thou didst part from thy trials to join thy Divine Spouse,

By the perfect example thou gavest to people of every state of life.