When
Monica was told of Augustine’s conversion, he tells us in his Confessions that
she leapt for joy, rejoiced, and praised God. This woman of faith well
understood that God had given her more than she had ever dared to beg for.
Augustine continues, “you changed her mourning into joy, much more plentiful
than she had desired, and in a much more precious and purer way than she ever
required.”
God hears our prayers;
God always answers our prayers – in ways we may recognize and in ways that we
may do not understand. Still, we continue to pray with confidence and quiet wonder.
Saint Monica by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1464–65.
