A Mother's Prayer Brings Her Son Back to the Church
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Catholic mothers, do not be afraid! Learn from St. Monica
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Behind every great man is a great woman, and in St. Augustine’s case he knew that well. In fact, he declared she didn’t just labor once to give birth to him - she did it twice: Once in the delivery room, and later in her struggle to bring him back to the practice of the Catholic faith.
Augustine was a problem child who strayed far from his Christian roots. He considered his mother an illiterate peasant; and her Bible was full of barbaric stories. So while he was at college, he began to study the trendy Eastern mysticism of the Manicheans, and he dabbled in their occult practices.
Not only that, he ended up a teenage father. Monica, of course, was heartbroken. She prayed passionately for her son - with tears. She sought spiritual counsel from priests and bishops. She even packed her bags and followed Augustine as his career took off.
Nothing seemed to work. But she kept praying as she followed him from North Africa to Rome - and then to the imperial court in Milan. There, at last, Augustine fell under the influence of Christian philosophers - and the preaching of the bishop St. Ambrose.
Once converted, he came to a deep appreciation of his mother’s faith. He called her his “master” in philosophy. He called himself her disciple. And in his memoirs he portrays her as a great mystic, achieving by grace what the greatest pagan philosophers couldn’t achieve by their heroic efforts.
In St. Monica’s life, we see the greatness in the life presented to us … in the Bible and the Church Fathers.
Beautiful, thanks. May our tears and prayers, like St Monica, bring our sons and daughters back to God and their Faith. Dear St Monica please intercede for us. Amen.
May our earthly mothers pray like St Monica
St.Monica pray for us.
The power of prayer****
Beautiful summary! St Monica pray for us!
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Go Saint Monica. Mother's today are too selfish for this kind of dedication.
SANTA Mônica rogai por nós.
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A question-- i have long admired St Monica for her great faith and perseverance in prayer for her children. After rejecting Augustine because of his rejection of God, did she have a dream compelling her to return and stay close to him, even though he was sinful, always continuing to pray for him, and not shunning him but being near to him, praying and encouraging him? We should not shut our children out, right? but instead, continue to speak to them, teach them, encourage them and pray for them. Seeking direction-- Thank you for your thoughts--
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Parents need God so they will be able to bring their children to wisdom andJesus.
Augustine did not come back to the Church, but he was converted to JESUS CHRIST, AND DID NOT PRACTICE IDOLATRY, OR PRAYED TO DEAD SAINTS,
Tell me you’ve never read Augustine without telling me you’ve never read Augustine lol.
Just google his quotes on the Catholic Church, saints etc.
Thank the Lord we don’t either. 😂 we pray to our living saints in heaven for intercession. If you know you know, if you don’t you lack understanding 😂
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