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Peace be with you. Thank you for joining us in praying the St. Monica novina.

Throughout this novina, let's be inspired by the example of St. Monica's persistent prayers.

When St Monica was praying for her son's conversion and she prayed for more than 15 years for that, she prayed, fasted, and even asked clergy to talk with him, to argue with him, but they assured her it was

useless after so many years. It turns out though that they were wrong and that

nothing was impossible with God.

St. Monica's prayers made a difference and eventually her son, Saint Augustine,

her husband and mother-in-law who were both pagan, also converted because of her prayers and example. Today we would like to start this novena by praying for something we need to

persistently pray for peace.

Let's pray that peace will reign.

Here are the prayers for today.

Day one.

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

Dear St. Monica, you were once the mournful mother of a prodigal son. Your faithfulness to prayer brought you and your son

so close to God that you are now with him in eternity. By your intercession and God's grace, your son, son, Saint Augustine, became a great and venerable saint of the church.

Please take my request to God with the same fervor and persistence

with which you prayed for your own son.

Pention your intentions here.

With your needs, worries, and anxieties, you through yourself on the mercy and providence of God.

Through sorrow and pain you constantly devoted yourself to God.

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