In Spain in 1853, Rita Pujalte y Sánchez was born to very devout parents who instilled the faith in all five of their children. From an early age, Rita was a model of living her faith through prayer and service. At the age of 35, she discerned her vocation and entered the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is devoted to teaching and helping the poor. The foundress of the congregation recommended that Rita be elected the next Superior General, and Mother Rita served as Superior for 28 years until she retired. In 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, communist revolutionaries drug 83-year-old Mother Rita from an apartment, down a flight of stairs, and shot her because she was Catholic.
CHALLENGE
In times of danger, the first instinct is to flee, unless you are helping someone whose life is more important than your own. When word spread the revolutionaries were coming, many begged Mother Rita to flee, but she refused, saying that she wanted to stay behind to help the vagrants and those in the emergency clinic she served. Does someone need your help, and you’re running away? Today, pray for courage… and help them.
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