Part 5
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- He returned to Tagaste, along with his mother.
- But when they reached the port of Ostia. Monica fell ill. She knew all of her work has been accomplished, and that her life would soon be over.
- All my hopes in this world are now fulfilled. All I wish was to see you as a Christian
- God, has granted this and even more.
- I do not know what there's left for me to do or why am I still here.
- And shortly after, she died.
- You are going to be alright mother.
- It is the prayers of Monica herself that have been invoked by generations, to honor her as a special patroness of married women, and as a patroness Saint of mothers.
- Rest now mother, I know you are in good hands in heaven.
- Her faith and dedication to motherhood, played a pivotal role in the spiritual formation of Augustine, her son.
- Augustine returned to Carthage. Looking forward to a life of solitude and reflection.
- But that was never to be. His writings made him quite popular and eventually he was made a priest and then the Bishop of Hippo.
- If you believe what you like in Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not Gospel you believe, but youself.
- He was ordained a priest in Hippo Regius in Algeria, in the year 391, where he gained much respect and fame as a preacher. Several of his sermons have been carefully preserved.
- Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
- In 395, he was appointed the coadjutor Bishop of Hippo and was soon promoted to the position of full Bishop, hence gaining the name 'Augustine of Hippo'. He held this position until 430.
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