Saint Monica: A MOTHER'S GUIDE TO PRAYER, INTERCESSION, AND HOPE: Prayers for Wayward Children, Broken Marriages, and the Long Wait for Answered Praye (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798199743273)

You've been praying for years. Nothing has changed. Yet.

Your child has walked away from God. Your spouse no longer believes-or worse, has betrayed you. Your marriage is in ruins. You lie awake at night wondering if your prayers even matter, if God still hears you, if the answer will ever come.

You're not alone. And this book is for you.

Saint Monica prayed for her brilliant, wayward son Augustine for seventeen years. No quick fixes. No dramatic breakthroughs. Just a mother, alone, bringing her son before God every single day-through tears, through doubt, through the kind of waiting that breaks most people.

Then one day in a garden in Milan, everything changed.

This book gives you what Monica knew: how to pray when prayer seems useless. How to love when loving seems impossible. How to wait without becoming bitter.

Inside you'll find:

• 30 original prayers for every crisis a mother or spouse faces: wayward children, addiction, estrangement, broken marriages, betrayal, and even loss
• Monica's proven 5-mark prayer pattern that sustained her 17 years and can sustain you through however long it takes
• A daily prayer rule (morning and evening) you can start today-even if you have only 5 minutes
• A 40-day novena to Saint Monica for intensive intercession when you need breakthrough
• Prayers to 5 other holy mothers who know your exact suffering-the Theotokos, Saint Anne, Saint Helen, Saint Nonna, and Saint Emmelia
• When you cannot pray anymore: what to do when the words run out, when exhaustion sets in, when you feel completely alone

Every prayer in this book reflects a real situation. A real heartbreak. A real mother who couldn't give up.

Monica's story is not unique to the 4th century. It's happening in your home right now. And the God who heard Monica-who answered her after 17 years of tears-is hearing you too.

Your child is not lost. Your marriage is not beyond saving. Your prayer is not in vain.

Start praying like Monica. Start today.