Saint Rosalia decided at a critical period in her life to become a hermit and live a life of prayer. The world as she knew it, held no attraction to her. She wanted to devote her life to Our Lord Jesus.
She gathered a few possessions--a wooden crucifix, a silver Greek cross, another of terracotta, a string of one large and 12 small prayer beads, and retired to a cave in Quisquina, amidst rocks and boulders, the better to be assured of peace and solitude with her Savior. There in the warmth of her love for our Beloved Lord, she made the decision to live the solitary life of a hermit. She abandoned the world in order to follow Jesus to the absence of all others.
Saint Rosalia DVD