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St. Monica suffered verbal abuse from her husband's violent temper for years, and she is now the patron saint

of abuse victims.

Today let's pray for all victims of abuse and all those who are surviving.

Here are the prayers for today.

Day 7.

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 in God's grace, your son, St. 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.

Imagine your intentions here.

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

Through sorrow and pain, you constantly devoted yourself to God.

Pray for me that I might 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 your son, turn from my sin and become

a great saint for the glory of God. Amen.

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