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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