Novena to St. Monica

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Introduction Prayer (to be said each day)

Exemplary Mother of the Great Augustine, you perserveringly pursued your wayward son not with wild threats but with prayerful cries to heaven.

Intercede for all mothers in our day so that they may learn to draw their children to God. Teach them how to remain close to their children, even the prodigal sons and daughters who have sadly gone astray.

Daily Novena Prayers

Day 1: Today we pray for all God’s people who have left the Church. May the Holy Spirit open their ears and hearts so they may hear this invitation to come home.

Day 2: Today we pray for those who were baptized Catholic, but were not blessed with families to guide them to spiritual maturity. May the Holy Spirit guide them back to the Catholic Church.

Day 3: Today we pray for those who have been hurt by someone in the Church. May those of us in the Church today be a source of healing.

Day 4: Today we pray for those who reject the Church’s God-given teachings. May the Holy Spirit open their hearts and minds to the truth and wisdom of those teachings.

Day 5: Today we pray for those whose sins make them feel unworthy to come to God. May they repent with hope and feel the warm embrace of Our Father’s loving forgiveness.

Day 6: Today we pray for all those children who have grown up and, like St. Augustine as a young man, rejected Christ and His Church. May the grace of God and our prayers draw them back to the Church.

Day 7: Today we pray for those who are resisting Your call due to pressures from friends and family members. May the Holy Spirit give them strength in their convictions and may the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of their friends and family with love and support.

Day 8: Today we pray for those who feel abandoned by God. May they come to see God working in their lives, restore their faith in Him, and come home to His Church.

Day 9: Today we pray for those who are ready to come home and just need to be invited. May the Holy Spirit open our hearts and eyes to them that we may be the inviting and welcoming presence they seek.

Concluding Prayer (to be said each day)

Dear St Monica, troubled wife and mother, many sorrows pierced your heart during your lifetime. Yet you never despaired or lost faith. With confidence, persistence and profound faith, you prayed daily for the conversion of your beloved husband, Patricius and your 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 (mention your petition here).

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.

Litany of Saint Monica

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.

God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, conceived without stain of original sin, pray for us and for our children.

Holy Mary, glorious Mother of Jesus Christ, pray for us and for our children.

St. Monica, pray for us and for our children.

Model of wives, pray for us and for our children.

You who converted your unbelieving husband, Mother of St. Augustine, pray for us and for our children.

Strict and prudent teacher, guardian of your son in all his ways, pray for us and for our children.

You who carefully watched over his conduct, pray for us and for our children.

You who were sorely distressed at his erring from the right, pray for us and for our children.

You who were untiring in your petitions for his soul’s safety, pray for us and for our children.

You who still hoped on amid the bitterness of your heart and your floods of tears, pray for us and for our children.

You who were filled with consolation upon his return to God, pray for us and for our children.

You who died calmly after faithfully fulfilling your duties, pray for us and for our children.

You who are the prayerful intercessor of all mothers who pray and weep as you did, pray for us and for our children.

Preserve the innocence of our children, we beseech you, St. Monica.

Protect them against the deceits of evil men, we beseech you, St. Monica.

Protect them from the dangers of bad example, we beseech you, St. Monica.

Watch over the movements of grace in their hearts. Let the Christian virtues strike deep root in their hearts and bear much fruit.

Redouble your intercession for youth approaching manhood.

Obtain for all in mortal sin true contrition and perfect conversion.

Obtain for all mothers to fulfill their duties steadily and perseveringly.

Commend all mothers to the protection of the ever-blessed Virgin Mother of Our Lord.

Favorably incline the heart of your beloved son Augustine to the salvation of our children.

St. Augustine, holy son of a saintly mother, pray for us and for our children.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord!

Pray for us, O holy St. Monica, That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.