Faithful Mother in Prayer
Novena to St. Monica
Children, conversion of loved ones, perseverance in prayer, faith, patience, and trust in God's will.
St. Monica is traditionally invoked as patron of mothers praying for their children, conversions, difficult family sorrows.
Saints Augustine and Monica, Ary Scheffer (1846)
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
Begin the novena now, move one day at a time, and come back here whenever you are ready for the next day.
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Private intention
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Day 1: Tears Offered to God
Bring your sorrow and loved ones before God with patient faith.
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Daily Prayer
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Dear St. Monica, troubled wife and mother, many sorrows pierced thy heart during thy lifetime. Yet thou didst never despair or lose faith. With confidence, persistence, and profound faith, thou didst pray daily for the conversion of thy beloved husband and thy beloved son Augustine.
Grant me that same fortitude, patience, and trust in the Lord. Intercede for me, dear St. Monica, that God may favorably hear my plea for my present intention, and grant me the grace to accept His will in all things, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
Amen.
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