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We invoke St. Monica when we have difficulties with our marriages and when facing challenges with our children. We ask for the patience and persistence to manage our struggles and ask for a solution.
Exemplary Mother
of the great Augustine,
you perseveringly 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.
Amen.