Author : Maggie Green
Release : 2019-10-24
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 244/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Saint Monica Club by : Maggie Green
Download or read book The Saint Monica Club written by Maggie Green. This book was released on 2019-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourth century, a young man named Augustine turned his back on the Church, plunging into a frenzied life of lust and dissipation. His renunciation left Monica, his pious Catholic mother, weeping and praying for his salvation . . . for more than a decade! Like so many Catholics today – even perhaps like you – Monica wrestled daily with the pain of having a loved one fall away from the Faith. Like us, she often feared that her prayers and tears were of little worth, empty, futile. Not so! After nearly two decades, Augustine returned to the Faith, and in a big way. Revered today as Saint Augustine, he joined in holiness his mother, Monica – now Saint Monica – whose sacrifices, prayers, and pain finally won for both of them the crown of sanctity. In these pages, author Maggie Green provides wise, compassionate guidance for members of what she calls “The Saint Monica Club”: good Catholics suffering li
