[JMJ333]

I will pray for you. Have you ever hear of St. Monica? She was the mother of St. Augustine. She was Christian from birth, and was given in marriage to a bad-tempered, adulterous pagan named Patricius. For 30 years she prayed constantly for the conversion of her husband. She got it--on his death bed.

She is the patroness of abuse victims, alcoholics, alcoholism, difficult marriages, disappointing children, homemakers, housewives, married women, mothers, victims of adultery, victims of unfaithfulness, victims of verbal abuse, widows, wives...her prayers are powerful before God, and I will petition her for you as well.

Sometimes suffering brings us closer to God, and as hard as it sounds (and it is indeed hard to put into practice) we must buckle down and stay in for the long haul.

Here is a prayer I have:

Exemplary Mother of the great Augustine, you perseveringly pursued your wayward husband not with wild threats but with prayerful cries to heaven. Intercede for all wives in our day so that they may learn to draw their husbands to God. Amen.

God bless--jmj

[Stick a Fork in Me - I am Done]

The tragedy of this for me is that my husband is a professing Christian who led me to the Lord many years ago.