{"id":108929,"date":"2024-08-27T12:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=108929"},"modified":"2024-08-27T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:29:11","slug":"a-prayer-to-saint-monica-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-prayer-to-saint-monica-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to Saint Monica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">D<\/span>ear <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/saints.sqpn.com\/saint-monica\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Monica<\/a>,<br \/>troubled wife and mother,<br \/>many sorrows pierced your heart during your lifetime.<br \/>Yet, you never despaired or lost faith.<br \/>With confidence, persistence, and profound faith,<br \/>you prayed daily for the conversion<br \/>of your beloved husband, Patricius,<br \/>and your beloved son, Augustine;<br \/>your prayers were answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grant me that same fortitude, patience,<br \/>and trust in the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intercede for me, dear Saint Monica,<br \/>that God may favorably hear my plea for<br \/>the conversion of my children<br \/>and grant me the grace to accept His Will in all things,<br \/>through Jesus Christ, our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/plea-to-saint-monica-whose-feast-is-today\/st-monica-bgozzoli\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/St-Monica-BGozzoli.jpg?fit=600%2C1433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,1433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"St Monica BGozzoli\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/St-Monica-BGozzoli.jpg?fit=428%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/St-Monica-BGozzoli.jpg?resize=428%2C1024\" alt=\"Saint Monica\" class=\"wp-image-1396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/St-Monica-BGozzoli.jpg?resize=428%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 428w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/St-Monica-BGozzoli.jpg?resize=125%2C300&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Saint Monica,troubled wife and mother,many sorrows pierced your heart during your lifetime.Yet, you never despaired or lost faith.With confidence, persistence, and profound faith,you prayed daily for the conversionof your beloved husband, Patricius,and your beloved son, Augustine;your prayers were answered. Grant me that same fortitude, patience,and trust in the Lord. Intercede for me, dear Saint Monica,that God may favorably hear [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,9,19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual","category-family","category-pray","category-saint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/St-Monica-BGozzoli.jpg?fit=600%2C1433&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-skV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105734,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-prayer-to-saint-monica-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":108929,"position":0},"title":"A Prayer to Saint Monica","author":"Thom","date":"27 August 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Saint Monica,troubled wife and mother,many sorrows pierced your heart during your lifetime.Yet, you never despaired or lost faith.With confidence, persistence, and profound faith,you prayed daily for the conversionof your beloved husband, Patricius,and your beloved son, Augustine;your prayers were answered. 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