Entrust your children to Saint Rita with this prayer

O my glorious patron Saint Rita,
you, who were a mother,
turn your benevolent gaze on me.
To you I entrust my children,
these children that I love so much.

Teach me to guide them with a safe hand,
as you led yours,
by the way that leads to God.
Allow me to act tenderly,
but without weakness, with strength,
but without harshness.

Form my heart in the image of yours;
make all children see in adults
the reflection of your virtues,
so that after learning from us
to love the Lord
and to serve him in this land,
come one day to praise him
and to bless him in heaven.

For this goal,
I invoke your protection on them.

Amen