Saint Monica: Model of Christian Mothers Men “We are all amateurs at

“We are all amateurs at grief

— Edward Wagenknecht

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Saint Monica: Model of Christian Mothers Men “We are all amateurs atNo one can love quite like a mother, as the Virgin Mary attests. And no one quite imitated the Mother of God's sorrowful love of her sinful children as much as St. Monica, whose daily tears for her son Augustine bore the fruit of a magnificent Doctor of the entire Church and a pillar of the Latin tradition. Truly, St. Monica was a suffering mother, even a martyr for the cause of her son's salvation; and as the Blessed Mother Mary is the cause of our