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Saint Augustine



August 28

Saint Augustine was born in 354 in Tagaste, in Roman North Africa, to Patricius, a pagan, and Saint Monica, a devout Christian. Exceptionally intelligent and ambitious, he became a successful teacher of rhetoric but spent many years searching for truth and happiness in worldly pleasures and various philosophies. Throughout this time, Monica prayed faithfully for his conversion. Augustine’s encounter with the preaching of Saint Ambrose and his reading of Sacred Scripture gradually opened his heart to Christ. He was baptized by Saint Ambrose in Milan during the Easter Vigil of 387. After returning to North Africa, Augustine embraced a life of prayer and Christian community. He was ordained a priest in 391 and later became Bishop of Hippo, serving his people through preaching, teaching, charitable works, and the defense of the Catholic faith. His writings, especially The Confessions and The City of God, profoundly influenced Christian theology and spirituality. His teaching on grace, conversion, the Church, and the human heart’s longing for God remains especially treasured. Augustine died in 430 while Hippo was under siege, and he was later declared a Doctor of the Church. Saint Augustine is the patron saint of theologians, printers, brewers, and those seeking conversion or struggling with difficult habits.
“Late have I loved you, Beauty ever ancient and ever new, late have I loved you!” Saint Augustine
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
My Lord and Eternal Bridegroom, You invite me, day and night, to enter the wedding feast of grace with You. Help me, I pray, to remain vigilant, to stay awake, and to always discern Your voice when You call. May I be ever ready, with the oil of charity and grace fueling the light of Your joy and peace—now and forever. Jesus, I trust in You.
Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.” Matthew 25:1–4
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