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Peace be with you. Today let's pray for all those who have fallen away from the church.

St. Monica's son, St. Augustine, was away for many years and Monica had such a strong

devotion to Christ that she persevered in hope that her son would one day return to God.

Her faithfulness was rewarded after many years.

Let's pray for those in our lives who have fallen away. Similarly, let's keep in our

prayers those who have never been a part of the church. Let's pray for their conversions

too. Here are the prayers for today. Day five.

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 an eternity. By your

intercession and God's grace, your 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.

Pension 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.

Pray for me that I may join you in such a deep faith in God's goodness and mercy.

Above all, dear St. Monica, pray for me that I may, like you are son, turn for my

sin and become a great saint for the glory of God. Amen. In the name of the Father and

of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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