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Mike Aquilina: St. Monica and St. Augustine — A Mother’s Persevering Prayer
On the Son Rise Morning Show, Mike Aquilina of FathersoftheChurch.com joins us to reflect on the back-to-back feast days of St. Monica and St. Augustine, celebrated on August 27 and 28. Mike recounts the complicated relationship between mother and son. Augustine was exceptionally gifted, but as a young man he rebelled against the faith Monica had taught him. He pursued worldly ambitions, became involved in an immoral relationship, fathered a child outside of marriage, and explored religious ideas that led him away from Christianity. For Monica, watching her son abandon the faith was…
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