Rita
Antoinette Rizzo
Mother Angelica Live Classics
Mother Angelica Live Classics
- On April 20, 1923, Mother Angelica
came into the world overlooked and certainly unwanted, at least by her
father. She was born Rita Antoinette Rizzo in south east side of
Canton, Ohio. The southeast Canton was known as the red-light
district, or "the slums," according to some. For the blacks and hordes
of Italian immigrants who worked in the Canton mills, the southeast was
home. Italians were confined to the district by a combination of
illiteracy and the constant tribute demanded by their wayward
countrymen. It was a ghetto ruled by the Black Hand, a criminal
organization with roots in Sicily. - Chapter
1 - One Miserable Life --
Biography of MOTHER
ANGELICA:The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of
Miracles by Raymond Arroyo
- RITA WAS ON HER WAY HOME from school one day in
December 1940 when she received what she would later call "the greatest
gift God ever gave me." Her stomach heaved and quivered as she reached
the Gianfrancesco house. Doubling up in the doorway, she felt her knees
and elbows go to jelly, and perspiration covered her brow. A few
glasses of warm water provided by her grandmother did no good. The
spasm continued for a full hour. Chapter
2 The Gift of Pain
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"WHEN THE LORD came in and healed me through the Little Flower, I had a whole different attitude. I knew there was a God; I knew that God knew me and loved me and was interested in me. I didn't know that before. All I wanted to do after my healing was give myself to Jesus." Chapter 3 - . The Healing and the Call
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“Mother Angelica’s personal words to me, her courageous example, and her constant prayers helped inspire my portrayal of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ. No one could have captured the essence of this modern-day saint better than Raymond Arroyo. His narrative gifts and understanding of Mother are clearly evident in this truthful and often candid depiction of one nun’s struggle to bring God to the multitudes. Surely this book, and Mother’s life will have an incredible enduring legacy.” — James Caviezel, actor
