{"id":131,"date":"2007-08-27T12:47:48","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T12:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/08\/and-all-the-mothers-say.html"},"modified":"2007-08-27T12:47:48","modified_gmt":"2007-08-27T12:47:48","slug":"and-all-the-mothers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/08\/and-all-the-mothers-say.html","title":{"rendered":"And all the mothers say…"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Monica…ora pro nobis!<\/em>
\nSt. Monica links from around:
\nFr. Z on her tomb in Rome<\/a>
\nMike Aquilina has many links<\/a>
\nThe Pope, at last year’s Angelus on 8\/27:<\/a><\/p>\n

Monica, who was born into a Christian family at Tagaste, today Souk-Ahar\u00e0s in Algeria, lived her mission as a wife and mother in an exemplary way, helping her husband Patricius to discover the beauty of faith in Christ and the power of evangelical love, which can overcome evil with good. <\/em><\/p>\n

After his premature death, Monica courageously devoted herself to caring for her three children, including Augustine, who initially caused her suffering with his somewhat rebellious temperament. As Augustine himself was to say, his mother gave birth to him twice; the second \u00a0time \u00a0required \u00a0a \u00a0lengthy \u00a0spiritual travail of prayers and tears, but it was crowned at last with the joy of seeing him not only embrace the faith and receive Baptism, but also dedicate himself without reserve to the service of Christ. <\/em><\/p>\n

How many difficulties there are also today in family relations and how many mothers are in anguish at seeing their children setting out on wrong paths! Monica, a woman whose faith was wise and sound, invites them not to lose heart but to persevere in their mission as wives and mothers, keeping firm their trust in God and clinging with perseverance to prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Monica…ora pro nobis! St. Monica links from around: Fr. 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