Prayer to Saint Monica for the Grieving
Saint Monica spent nearly two decades in tears and prayer for her son Augustine before seeing him converted and baptized. Her patient endurance through years of sorrow has made her a natural intercessor for anyone carrying a long or heavy grief of their own.
Saint Monica, you wept for years before your prayers were answered, and you never let sorrow harden your heart. Look kindly on me in my own grief. Help me to keep hoping even when comfort is slow in coming, and to keep loving even when love brings pain. Ask God to hold me steady in this season of loss, as He once held you through yours. Amen.
