St. Augustine of Hippo
After a folly-filled youth, St. Augustine became a Christian at age 33. He became a priest at 36, a bishop at 41. Exemplifying hope for those whose early years were sin-filled, he is also a great example of what a mother's prayers can do. St. Monica, his famous mother, tirelessly prayed for his conversion. Let us remember there is always hope for wayward children.
“Too late have I loved you, O Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! Too late I loved you! And behold, you were within, and I abroad, and there I searched for you; I was deformed, plunging amid those fair forms, which you had made. You were with me, but I was not with you. Things held me far from you—things which, if they were not in you, were not at all. You called, and shouted, and burst my deafness. You flashed and shone, and scattered my blindness. You breathed odors and I drew in breath—and I pant for you. I tasted, and I hunger and thirst. You touched me, and I burned for your peace” (St. Augustine, Confessions).
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