We remember St. Monica today, a woman of great faith and patience, and model for today's mothers as well as for all of us. Married to a gruff, faithless husband, Patricius, Monica, nevertheless bore three sons, the most famous of them being St. Augustine. After Patricius' death she devoted her life to the conversion of her bright, head-strong and wayward son, Augustine...a 20 year task involving prayer, tears and travels beyond her native Tagaste, a city in northern Africa, Her faith and persistence were rewarded with Augustine's conversion; with her life's goal accomplished, she died peacefully in the presence of her sons in Ostia in 387 A.D.
How she must understand the longings of so many mothers who desire the best for their children in today's materialistic, secular, pleasure-seeking world of drugs, "free-love" and disconnection from God. Her path of prayer is the roadmap for all of us who long to see the younger generation find meaning in a world where so many of the traditional " pillars of strength" have crumbled and left behind a disappointed and disillusioned trail of searchers. St. Monica, pray for us!
Bro. Rene
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