St. Monica pray for us! Praying for our husbands....

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PRAYER TO ST. MONICA

Dear St. 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 conversion
of 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 St. Monica,
that God may favorably hear my plea for

(personal intentions)

and grant me the grace to accept His Will in all things,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.

Amen.
 
Dear St. Monica,

I beg for your interecession regarding my husband. There are evil spirits all around our family - trying to control my husband. Please “speak” to St. Michael and ask him to ward off all evil from affecting my family. This is an urgent prayer needed very badly. Thank you in advance, St. Monica and St. Michael. 😦
 
mom4truth said:
Dear St. Monica,

I beg for your interecession regarding my husband. There are evil spirits all around our family - trying to control my husband. Please “speak” to St. Michael and ask him to ward off all evil from affecting my family. This is an urgent prayer needed very badly. Thank you in advance, St. Monica and St. Michael. 😦
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M4T, praying for you and your family! :hug1: :hug1: :hug1: :crossrc:

St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil
May God rebuke him we humbly pray
And do thou O prince of the heavenly host
By the power of God
Cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits
Who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.

Angels of God
Who are M4T’s family’s guardians
To whom Merciful God entrusted all of them
Enlighten and keep them this day
Guard and lead them
Amen.
 
St Monica please intercede for us.
Holy Spirit please flood Your wisdom, love, and truth, and give your protection to us, to our spouses and our families.

May the angels and St Michael surround and protect you and your husband, mom4truth.
 
Mom4thruth,

I say those two prayers nightly for my own husband who is so lost in the darkness that I fear I may never get him back.

I promise that I will include your husband in my prayers tonight and every night until he comes out of the darkness.

Please include my Salvador in your prayers tonight as well. Ask the Lord our God to help him see the light and the truth. His family needs him and we love him with all of our heart and soul. He needs to come home so that we can take care of him and he of us. Please ask the Lord our God that it is not too late for him and that he does not do anything stupid to sink deeper into his darkness.

May the Lord our God, St, Michael, St. Monica, Our Blessed Mother, Mary and all the Angels and Saints pray and watch over us all now and forever.

La Brown Eyes
 
La_Brown_Eyes said:
Mom4thruth,

I say those two prayers nightly for my own husband who is so lost in the darkness that I fear I may never get him back.

I promise that I will include your husband in my prayers tonight and every night until he comes out of the darkness.

Please include my Salvador in your prayers tonight as well. Ask the Lord our God to help him see the light and the truth. His family needs him and we love him with all of our heart and soul. He needs to come home so that we can take care of him and he of us. Please ask the Lord our God that it is not too late for him and that he does not do anything stupid to sink deeper into his darkness.

May the Lord our God, St, Michael, St. Monica, Our Blessed Mother, Mary and all the Angels and Saints pray and watch over us all now and forever.

La Brown Eyes
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:hug1: :crossrc:

You know, it strikes me that in our prayer to St. Monica, we not only ask for our spouses/children/family members to come to God, but we also ask for the “fortitude, patience,
and trust in the Lord” to keep praying for them and to believe that our prayers will be answered in God’s time. I really believe that there is redemption in suffering, and that while our crosses are quite heavy, God is strengthening us and giving us the graces of fortitude, patience, and trust in the Lord.

You know, moral fortitude is the grace of the third sorrowful mystery of the Rosary, the crowning with thorns; I associate patience as the grace of the fourth sorrowful mystery, the carrying of the cross; and trust in the Lord – I guess that is a grace that is part of so many of the mysteries.

I pray this in the mornings:

*Dear Lord, I do not know what will happen to me today.
I only know that nothing will happen that was not foreseen by you
and directed to my greater good for all eternity.
I adore your holy and unfathomable plans,
and submit to them with all my heart for love of you, the Pope, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Amen. *

God knows my whole heart isn’t quite there yet :o because I still want things to happen my way :o but He knows I’m trying, trying to trust in His will and to trust that my struggles are for a good reason.

PRAYER TO ST. MONICA

Dear St. 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 conversion
of 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 St. Monica,
that God may favorably hear my plea for

(personal intentions)

and grant me the grace to accept His Will in all things,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.

Amen.
 
Belle, La Brown Eyes,

Thank you both for thinking of me and for your great insight. La Brown: I will include Salvadore in my prayers. Be assured of that.

Belle: you have great insight into what you posted. It makes a lot of sense.

I will keep praying to St. Monica and St. Michael for all our intentions on this thread. May Our Dear Lord hear all our prayers and have mercy on us all. Amen.

Blessings,
 
Dearest St. Monica, please help all of the men and women on this thread with their personal intentions. If need be, ask St. Michael to join in on our plea’s to keep Satan at bey.

AMEN
 
Belle,

I like that prayer you posted, which you recite every morning. If you do not mind I would like to use it for myself?

I agree with you about not quite being there yet but aming to be there. I have gone through so many personal changes in the past year that I have surprised myself. I did not know that I could be the person I have become. I am very proud of myself and I hope our Lord is too. I know that I have a very long road ahead of me but with the Lord by my side and all of you ladies praying for me, I am confident that I will achieve my goal; to be the best that I am capable of being.

Love to you all and I pray that the Lord our Blessed Father have mercy on you and hear your prayers, pleas and fulfills your needs.

La Brown Eyes.:grouphug:
 
Listen to this ladies: dh went to Perpetual Adoration with the kids and I the other night (I did NOT ask him to go). He hasn’t set foot in a Catholic Church in quite some time. I’m trying not to be too optimistic - there’s a lot of obstacles in his way. But, I’m hoping for the best. Maybe your prayers did a number on him (dh)???

Thank you. You are all in my prayers today!
Blessings,
 
La_Brown_Eyes said:
Belle,

I like that prayer you posted, which you recite every morning. If you do not mind I would like to use it for myself?
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You should definitely pray it! 😃 I didn’t come up with it – it was on a free CD of the Rosary and chaplet of the Divine Mercy that I got from www.CatholiCity.com. (You can get lots of great free CDs from them!)
La_Brown_Eyes said:
I agree with you about not quite being there yet but aming to be there. I have gone through so many personal changes in the past year that I have surprised myself. I did not know that I could be the person I have become. I am very proud of myself and I hope our Lord is too. I know that I have a very long road ahead of me but with the Lord by my side and all of you ladies praying for me, I am confident that I will achieve my goal; to be the best that I am capable of being.

Love to you all and I pray that the Lord our Blessed Father have mercy on you and hear your prayers, pleas and fulfills your needs.

La Brown Eyes.:grouphug:
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Yeah, none of us are there yet, and I don’t expect to be until I make it to heaven one day, but I’m trying like heck along the way!

A big DITTO and AMEN to your prayer! :grouphug:
mom4truth said:
Listen to this ladies: dh went to Perpetual Adoration with the kids and I the other night (I did NOT ask him to go). He hasn’t set foot in a Catholic Church in quite some time. I’m trying not to be too optimistic - there’s a lot of obstacles in his way. But, I’m hoping for the best. Maybe your prayers did a number on him (dh)???

Thank you. You are all in my prayers today!
Blessings,
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Wow M4T, that’s wonderful! :extrahappy: You never know how and when the Holy Spirit will inspire people! Keep up the prayers and don’t get discouraged if things don’t change right away. Remember, baby steps are still steps, even if they are few and far between.

DH has gone to Mass with DD and I 4 out of the past 6 weeks. 😃 This past Sunday, my parents were visiting, and we all got up kind of late so instead of going to my regular parish, we went to another one with a slightly later Mass. After, DH said he liked that church/priest much better, just felt more comfortable there…so I think I’ll be switching parishes soon! I love my parish, but if DH is more comfortable at the other one, that’s what’s more important…Mass is Mass no matter where you are, and I am secure in my beliefs while he is searching. (As many of you know, he’s not Catholic.)

Baby steps are good… 😃
 
PRAYER TO ST. MONICA

Dear St. 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 conversion
of 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 St. Monica,
that God may favorably hear my plea for

(personal intentions)

and grant me the grace to accept His Will in all things,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.

Amen.
 
Belle,

That is great news about your husband! I’d change parishes, too. I’m things are looking up a bit for the both of us! Keep all of us ladies in prayer!

Blessings,
 
Bell & Mom4thruth,

I am so excited for the two of you. Mine is not Catholic either but he would go to church with me if I asked him too.

At this time we are not living together. My children and I have started going to church every Sunday. Last Sunday they told me that their dad wants to come with us. I don’t know whether to be excited or not.

Belle, you are so right. “Baby steps are still steps”.

Today I had no hope at all. I felt like my prayers are not being answered. So I want to ask all of you to please pray for me that I do not loose faith in my prayers. I want my husband back.

La Brown Eyes:o
 
La_Brown_Eyes said:
Bell & Mom4thruth,

I am so excited for the two of you. Mine is not Catholic either but he would go to church with me if I asked him too.

At this time we are not living together. My children and I have started going to church every Sunday. Last Sunday they told me that their dad wants to come with us. I don’t know whether to be excited or not.

Belle, you are so right. “Baby steps are still steps”.

Today I had no hope at all. I felt like my prayers are not being answered. So I want to ask all of you to please pray for me that I do not loose faith in my prayers. I want my husband back.

La Brown Eyes:o
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Don’t lose hope. When we are with Jesus, there is always hope.

“…rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”
~Romans 5:3-5

The following are excerpts from the Diary of St. Faustina. I highly recommend it! 👍
"In the evening, Jesus gave me the subject for meditation. At the first moment, my heart was filled with fear and joy. Then I pressed myself close to His Heart, and the fear vanished; only joy remained. I felt entirely like a child of God, and the Lord said… ‘Fear nothing…Before I made the world, I loved you with the love your heart is experiencing today and, throughout the centuries, My love will never change.’ "
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“…there is no way to heaven except the way of the cross. I followed it first. You must learn that it is the shortest way… I am giving you a share in those sufferings because of My special love for you and in view of the high degree of holiness I am intending for you in Heaven. A suffering soul is closer to My heart.”
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This prayer is also from St. Faustina’s Diary, and is the optional closing prayer for the chaplet of Divine Mercy:

:crossrc: Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will, which is love and mercy itself. Amen. ❤️

PRAYER TO ST. MONICA

Dear St. 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 conversion
of 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 St. Monica,
that God may favorably hear my plea for

(personal intentions)

and grant me the grace to accept His Will in all things,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.

Amen.
 
La_Brown_Eyes said:
Bell & Mom4thruth,

I am so excited for the two of you. Mine is not Catholic either but he would go to church with me if I asked him too.

At this time we are not living together. My children and I have started going to church every Sunday. Last Sunday they told me that their dad wants to come with us. I don’t know whether to be excited or not.

Belle, you are so right. “Baby steps are still steps”.

Today I had no hope at all. I felt like my prayers are not being answered. So I want to ask all of you to please pray for me that I do not loose faith in my prayers. I want my husband back.

La Brown Eyes:o
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In no way does God egnore or not answer our prayers.
He answers every single thing we ask for, but it is US
whom does not believe it is answered because we did not hear a yes. We believe we are the best to judge if it is the best for us. However, he is the BEST to judge this, and does with great love.

As a parent, we often see children unhappy with us due to having to say no, even though we know it is the best thing for us in the long run. He is not saying that he wishes you apart if this is a fixable situation, but both parties have to agree, and there might be something more involved.

Try saying, that i have asked Lord, but it seems not possible or you would have put this before me…so if you chose no, for what ever reason, let me try and see what this is, or help me find the lesson here i must learn, and strengthen myself with…please give me strength to endure what i do not understand, and let all paths lead to you.

IMHO…but i will pray your frustration in this does not turn you away from him, as this would please old red legs much!

Lana
 
Rammy said:
In no way does God egnore or not answer our prayers.
He answers every single thing we ask for, but it is US
whom does not believe it is answered because we did not hear a yes. We believe we are the best to judge if it is the best for us. However, he is the BEST to judge this, and does with great love.
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So true…this morning I prayed that God would answer my petitions, and then I added, “if you could answer them the way I want, that would be great!” :o 😛 I’m glad God knows me and has a sense of humor. 😃 (I then asked for His help for me to accept His will in all things.)

I have this on my desk at work:

“Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.”
~Hebrews 10:36
 
Hi everyone,

I’m praying for all of you!! 🙂

Mother of hope, in the darkness of Holy Saturday you journeyed with unfailing trust towards the dawn of Easter. Grant that your children may discern at all times, even those that are darkest, the signs of God’s loving presence.

:amen: :blessyou:
 
Belle10 said:
I have this on my desk at work:

“Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.”
~Hebrews 10:36
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That is very inspiring…especially in a world where so many others belittle the act they can not see…patience, and endurance. Too much is pointed in the, “what, no answer, ok, lets move on”.

A wonderful member of this forum named Brotherhrolf inspired me in the RPG(role playing game) threads and club house threads. We were intermingling our daily life struggles with a quest for the holy grail. For the life of me i could not understand why in this game it was not attainable. He assured me that that is the means to the end of the thread, but the joy, and the lesson would lie in the journey. Always look and listen along the way, and discuss as much of what you ponder and wonder, with your maker…there in lies the joy in the journey, and where endurance and patience are but friends.

Lana
 
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