Invoking St. Monica to pray for us can seem almost redundant, since most Catholics already associate the mother of St. Augustine with her tireless prayers for her son’s (and her husband’s) conversions ...
The life of St. Augustine offers hope; he is a real-life prodigal son.Where would the Church and the West be without him? Or, better yet, where would the Church and West be without his mother?
Over my 25 years as a spiritual director, I don’t think I have quoted any line (apart from verses from the Gospels) more than St. Augustine’s dictum, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” ...
A 17th-century stained glass image of St. Augustine. Artist Tobias Müller, 1622. Michel M. Raguin, with the permission of the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ, U.S. Pope Leo XIV has ...