Saint Monica’s prayer brings blessings to children and family

Are you having problems related to the behavior of your children and husband? A prayer of Santa Monica It is recommended for women who find themselves in difficult family-related situations, in addition to promoting blessings and spiritual cleansing. We have selected some messages of faith, including a powerful novena!

What is Santa Monica’s day?

August 27th is dedicated to celebrating the patron saint of mothers and wives. With perseverance and hope, she devoted herself to prayer to convert her husband Patrício (rude and violent) and her eldest son Augustine (with rebellious behavior), who became one of the great names of the Christian faith, being called Saint Augustine of Hippo.

What is Saint Monica’s prayer?

“In this sacred and blessed moment, when my strength becomes one with the infinite, I pray to Saint Monica asking for her excellent influence with the almighty God to open my paths and make my tribulations that are greater than my strength less burdensome.

I know the capacity for evil in the people around me, but with the participation of the sweet presence of Saint Monica and her intercession with you, I will have means and ways of overcoming all the obstacles that stand in my way, especially in relation to my detractors. who try to ruin my life with infamy and insults.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I thank the kindness of my dear Saint Monica, because I know that I will not miss her. Amen.”

How to pray for the conversion of a child?

“O Saint Monica, who through prayer and tears you obtained from God the conversion of your wayward son, later saint, Saint Augustine, look at my heart embittered by the behavior of my disobedient, rebellious and nonconformist son( a), which caused so much discomfort to my heart and to the whole family.

May your prayers join with mine to move the good God, so that He can make my child come to his senses and return to the right path. Saint Monica, make the Father in Heaven call the prodigal son back to his father’s house. Give me this joy and I will always be grateful. Saint Augustine, pray for us. Santa Monica, answer me. Amen.”

Saint Monica’s prayer for the family

“O exemplary Wife and Mother, Saint Monica:
You who have experienced the joys and difficulties of married life;
You who managed to lead your husband Patrício, a man of an unruly and irascible character, to faith;
You who cried so much and prayed day and night for your son Augustine and did not abandon him even when he deceived you and fled from you.
Intercede for us, O great Saint, so that we know how to transmit the faith in our family; so that we may always love and achieve peace.
Help us to also generate our children in the life of Grace; comfort us in moments of sadness and reach us from the Blessed Virgin, Mother of Jesus and our Mother, true peace and a Happy Life.
Amen.”

Saint Monica’s prayer for her husband

“Santa Monica, at this moment, I come to turn to you to mercifully welcome me into your arms and console me, as I can no longer deal with my husband. Holy beloved! Help me at this time when I find myself lost, without the strength to fight.”

(Say three Hail Marys and three Our Fathers)

Santa Monica Novena

To reinforce the request for graces and blessings, you can invest in the novena. The opening and closing prayers must be said daily. Among them, it is the turn of the suggested reading for each of the nine days. It’s important to maintain gratitude and positive thoughts during moments of connection.

Opening prayer

“Oh glorious Saint Monica, mirror of wives, model of mothers, consolation of widows, admirable woman, in whom God infused the spirit of prayer and granted that gift of tears with which you knew how to do violence to the God of mercies, so that he might have compassion on your groans, hear your prayers and grant you your supplications, we who suffer and cry on the sad paths of life, begging you to reach us with the spirit of prayer that you had and the mercy that our faults deserve, so that we can pour out with humility our hearts before the God of all piety and mercy, may we obtain the grace to live the holy life that you lived on earth, and may we deserve the glory that you now enjoy in heaven, in the company of our parents, husbands and children, and all those who through blood and affection belong to us and are, in Jesus Christ, our Lord, loved and dear to our hearts. Amen.”

Day 1 – Modesty

“Lord, omnipotent God, who has pleased you to adorn your chosen servant Saint Monica, from her tender childhood, with the lovely gifts of modesty, chastity and modesty; because she pleased you with these most precious virtues, grant me the grace to love and practice them like her, so that with her I may serve you and please you, my God and my Lord; in the midst of the vanity and corruption of this century, and thus deserve to obtain the prizes that you have reserved for your chosen ones in eternal bliss. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 2 – Devotion

“Oh God of infinite glory and majesty! How ineffable did you delight in the feelings of piety and devotion with which your most faithful servant Saint Monica loved and served you, when with so much pleasure she preferred the secret delights of prayer and recollection to the tender caresses of her own and to all the seductive caresses of the flesh; Grant me, through the intercession of this most devoted servant of yours, the grace to love you and serve you without sin until death, and to always prefer the pleasure of pleasing you to all the vanities and pleasures of the earth, and thus deserve enjoy in one day the eternal and purest delights of glory. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 3 – Zeal

“Oh God, infinitely kind and adorable, who instilled in the heart of your most beloved servant Saint Monica, zeal for your glory and the health of souls; that, being a troubled and afflicted wife, she knew how to drink in silence the cup of her tribulations. And with her most holy examples and most prudent advice, she knew how to edify and console many mothers and wives. As she pleased you with her heroic patience, grant me to equally know how to suffer, in silence, my labors and to edify my neighbors with my words and examples. So that I may serve you with all my heart and everything I do may be for your glory and my satisfaction, in accordance with the designs of your adorable will. Amen.

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 4 – Prayer

“Oh God, most gracious and merciful, who in the maternal heart of Saint Monica you deigned to infuse the spirit of humility and prayer so that in constant supplication she prayed, in your presence, for the salvation of her husband and the conversion of her dear son Augustine. For how much she pleased you with her prayer and her tears, grant me that same spirit of humility and prayer that she had, so that I may know how to pray before your divine acceptance, for the great needs of my soul and of all those who are close to me. commissioned by You, and from You I deserve to obtain for me and for them, first, Your grace, and then, glory. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 5 – Faith

“O omnipotent God and most faithful in your promises, you deigned to inspire your servant Saint Monica with such great faith regarding the conversion of her son Augustine; who in the days of her bitterness, assured her own son that he had to come to where she was, and you made the prophecy of a holy Bishop come true, who upon seeing Monica’s faith and tears, said: ‘it is impossible may the son of so many tears perish’; For how much the faith of that holy mother pleased you, grant me to have so much confidence in your power and mercy, that I achieve what I ask of you in this novena and for this my soul may glorify you, forever and ever. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 6 – Hope

“Oh omnipotent God and Father of all consolation, who deigned to encourage so much hope in the heart of your servant Saint Monica, who in the most bitter days of tribulation, when her son was further away from You, never stopped hoping, with great confidence, the fulfillment of your desires and the attainment of your mercies; Grant me, through her intercession and merits, that firm hope that she had, so that I never fail in my prayer and deserve to obtain what I ask for the consolation of my soul and your glory. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 7 – Charity

“Oh God, infinitely good and worthy of being loved, who so consoled your servant, Saint Monica, in the last hours of her life, seeing at her side the son of her soul, Augustine, totally converted to You and sanctified by the waters After his baptism, he exclaimed that there was nothing left for him to do in this world but to return to You, to love You and possess You forever; for that great love with which Augustine’s mother loved you on earth, grant me, I pray you, oh my good God! May I love You with her, and may I live so detached from all the things and ties of this world, that I desire nothing outside of You, and thus deserve to possess You and enjoy You for ever and ever. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 8 – Perseverance

“Oh God of the chosen and predestined, who deigned to grant your servant Saint Monica such a sweet and blissful death in a strange land, that without caring for the honor of her body, she only thought of handing over her soul to You, and commissioned to her son Augustine, who, letting her body rest on earth, wherever she would have died, did not forget to pray during the days of his life for his mother’s soul before the altar of the Lord; by the precious death of that holy mother, grant me the privilege of dying in You and for You, as a true daughter of the Church, so that I may be able to enter into possession of blessedness, where I will see myself surrounded by my husband, my children and of all the beings dear to my heart, and together with them praise your mercies there forever. Amen.”

Pray 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be to the Father

(In this moment of silence and meditation, ask for the grace you want to obtain.)

Day 9 – Intercession of the Saints

“Oh God! May you always delight in the glory of your saints and show yourself admirable in them so that they may be venerated among the peoples; and so in the transfer of the holy relics of your servant Monica, from the port of Ostia to the Eternal City, you deigned to honor her with the joy of the people who greeted her at her pace, with the…