Book 3:12
The bishop's promise to Monica: 'It is not possible that the son of these tears should perish.'
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From Confessions by Saint Augustine
The portrait of Augustine's mother Monica — her decades of prayer and tears for his conversion, and the shared mystical vision they experienced at Ostia shortly before her death.
Book 9:10
The vision at Ostia — mother and son ascending together in contemplation of eternal Wisdom.
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Monica's death and Augustine's grief; her parting wish to be remembered at the altar.
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