Help Along the Way

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

Merciful Father, you sustained St. Monica through years of prayer for those she loved. Through her intercession, give me patience when change is slow, wisdom in my words, and hope when someone seems far from you. Receive every tear I cannot explain, and draw my family more deeply into the life of Christ. Amen.

Let us pause in silence, and bring to mind the intention you are praying for.

In the app, your own saved intention rests here during the silence. The narration stays the same for everyone.

Let's consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Monica did not carry her hope alone. The Church, especially the preaching and counsel Augustine received in Milan, became part of God's answer. We need communities that encourage love and good works, and we should humbly welcome trustworthy companions into the needs that isolate us.

Lord, thank you for the people through whom your grace reaches us. Surround my loved one with wise, faithful friends and teachers, and give me companions who will strengthen my own hope. Through St. Monica's intercession, make the Church a true home for those who are searching. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

St. Monica, faithful mother and patient intercessor, carry my intention before God. Pray for every family divided by unbelief, resentment, addiction, or distance. Teach me to love without controlling, to speak truth with gentleness, and to persevere without despair, trusting the mercy that led Augustine to baptism and sustained your family. Amen.

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