
5 Words of Advice for Members of the ‘St. Monica Club’
When people you love are far from God, imitate St. Monica’s tenacity and wisdom.
When people you love are far from God, imitate St. Monica’s tenacity and wisdom.
COMMENTARY: Where the sins of our prominent Catholic family members abound, as they unhappily do, our prayers must abound all the more, and far more than our criticisms, however just.
St. Monica is honored in the Church for her holy example and dedicated prayerful intercession for her son, St. Augustine, before his conversion.
Never stop witnessing, praying and sacrificing for the fallen-away Catholics in your life.
BOOK PICK: The Saint Monica Club
St. Monica’s feast day is Aug. 27. Her son’s feast day is the following day, Aug. 28.
St. Monica’s concern for her child didn’t end when he became an adult. Neither should ours.
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