History
Yesterday was the feast of Saint
Augustine’s mother, Monica, and today we honor him. When he was a young man,
Augustine didn’t care one bit about Jesus. He so full of pride, he couldn’t
believe in God, and he sinned all the time. But through his mother’s prayers
and the powerful words of Saint Ambrose, Augustine believed in Jesus. The only
problem was, he thought he had sinned too much to ever be a Christian. He asked
the Lord to end his sinful nature once and for all. Suddenly, he heard a child’s
voice singing, “Take up and read!” He grabbed a book of the Letters of Saint
Paul and the first thing he read was, “Put away all impurity and live in
imitation of Jesus.” From that moment on, Augustine had the grace to live a
Christian life. He became a great priest, bishop and writer whom Christians
still look up to today.
Activity
Did you ever have a bad day when
you did one naughty thing after another and it seemed like you couldn’t help
yourself? That’s probably how Saint Augustine felt when he first believed in Jesus
but didn’t think he could ever stop sinning. The answer was to trust in the
Lord and to make up his mind to live like Jesus lived. Today, make up your mind
to live like Jesus would live.
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