May 10, 2026

Seventeen long years. Saint Monica prayed for her son Augustine for seventeen long years. And Augustine was not an easy son to pray for. He drifted far from God. He pursued worldly pleasures. He rejected the faith of his mother. He lived recklessly and arrogantly. Yet his mother, Monica, never stopped praying, never stopped weeping, never stopped hoping, never stopped believing in her son. Read more »