This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Welcome to the Rosary.

Let's begin by calling to mind that we're ever in the presence of Almighty God

because in Him we live and we move and we have our being.

And so we call upon him in the name of the father

and of the son and of the Holy Spirit,

amen.

On the fit this, the Feast of Saint Augustine, let's pray for all wayward children that like

Saint Augustine, they might return to the fold based on the prayers of we parents and I'm going to pray today for

my son Thomas Augustine he's named for this wonderful saint

Saint Augustine was born in 354 AD and what is now known as Algeria, North Africa.

Saint Monica, his mother, was a Christian, but his father was a Roman noble pagan. Whether it was his

Mediterranean temperament or his own tempestuous upbringing, Augustine's passionate personality is evident in his reflections.

He wrote prolifically, and Tuva's works are considered classics, Confessions, and the city of God. These works display

his fervent zeal, whether it be for sin or sanctity. Perhaps for these reasons he remains so accessible and attractive.

His lifelong struggles between indulgent sensuality and disciplined righteousness still resonate.

Despite his later years of scholarship, prayer, and holiness,

Augustine wrote of his youth with some anguish and even resentment, pointing out how he still

hated Homer due to the beatings he received trying to master Greek.

These experiences of abuse, along with his years of headlong plunges into the lusts of his age, shaped

Augustine almost as much as his mother's heavenly pleadings.

His mistresses, his son, Adeodatus,

...