St. Monica is no stranger to the Catholic Church and to the world, for that matter. As mother of the famous Bishop of Hippo, she has been given her own high place of honor for her steadfast prayers and sometimes more than gentle nudging of her "wayward" son to become a follower of Jesus through baptism. How many of us would continue praying in the face of rebuff and rejection? She believed the power of prayer and the grace of God was more powerful than the most stubborn wall of refusal, and in the end, she was proven right.
Countless families today find themselves in the same situation where children and young adults have drifted from the faith of their grandparents and have sought solace in the shallow glitter of "the world." Some of these "lost" never make the full circle as the alarming increase of death by overdose sweeps this new generation indicates. All the more reason to follow the example of St. Monica, and despite the apparent lack of results, to keep on praying. In God's time, in God's way those prayers will be answered. Let us add a prayer for patience as well as determination for ourselves to these prayers for conversion. Our own impatience can get in the way of God's plan.
Bro. Rene
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