{"id":9569,"date":"2024-08-27T19:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-monica-the-persistent-mother-of-st-augustine-who-never-gave-up\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T19:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:36:22","slug":"st-monica-the-persistent-mother-of-st-augustine-who-never-gave-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/st-monica-the-persistent-mother-of-st-augustine-who-never-gave-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa M\u00f3nica: la madre persistente de San Agust\u00edn que nunca se rindi\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;margin-bottom: 25px\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/St__Monica_CNA_World_Catholic_News_8_3_11.jpg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display: block;margin: auto;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\">Santa M\u00f3nica. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Luis Trist\u00e1n, dominio p\u00fablico, v\u00eda Wikimedia Commons<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Personal de CNA, 27 de agosto de 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>El 27 de agosto, un d\u00eda antes de la fiesta de su hijo San Agust\u00edn, la Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica honra a Santa M\u00f3nica, cuyo santo ejemplo y ferviente intercesi\u00f3n condujeron a una de las conversiones m\u00e1s dram\u00e1ticas en la historia de la Iglesia.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica naci\u00f3 en una familia cat\u00f3lica en el a\u00f1o 332 en la ciudad norteafricana de Tagaste, ubicada en la actual Argelia. Fue criada por una sirvienta que le ense\u00f1\u00f3 las virtudes de la obediencia y la templanza. Siendo a\u00fan relativamente joven, se cas\u00f3 con Patricio, un funcionario civil romano de mal car\u00e1cter y desd\u00e9n por la religi\u00f3n de su esposa.<\/p>\n<p>La esposa de Patricio lidi\u00f3 pacientemente con su comportamiento angustiante, que inclu\u00eda la infidelidad a sus votos matrimoniales. Pero experiment\u00f3 un dolor mayor cuando \u00e9l no permiti\u00f3 que sus tres hijos \u2014Agust\u00edn, Navigio y Perpetua\u2014 fueran bautizados. Cuando Agust\u00edn, el mayor, enferm\u00f3 y estuvo en peligro de muerte, Patricio dio su consentimiento para su bautismo, pero lo retir\u00f3 cuando se recuper\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>La paciencia sufrida y las oraciones de M\u00f3nica ayudaron finalmente a Patricio a ver el error de sus caminos, y fue bautizado en la Iglesia un a\u00f1o antes de su muerte en 371. Su hijo mayor, sin embargo, pronto adopt\u00f3 un estilo de vida que le trajo m\u00e1s dolor. Engendr\u00f3 un hijo fuera del matrimonio en 372 y un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s comenz\u00f3 a practicar el manique\u00edsmo, una religi\u00f3n fundada en el siglo III por el profeta parto Mani.<\/p>\n<p>En su angustia y dolor, M\u00f3nica inicialmente evit\u00f3 a su hijo mayor. Sin embargo, experiment\u00f3 un sue\u00f1o misterioso que fortaleci\u00f3 su esperanza por el alma de Agust\u00edn, en el cual un mensajero le asegur\u00f3: \u201cTu hijo est\u00e1 contigo\u201d. Despu\u00e9s de esta experiencia, que tuvo lugar alrededor de 377, le permiti\u00f3 regresar a su hogar y continu\u00f3 rogando a Dios por su conversi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Esto no suceder\u00eda hasta nueve a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, sin embargo. Mientras tanto, M\u00f3nica busc\u00f3 el consejo del clero local, pregunt\u00e1ndose qu\u00e9 podr\u00edan hacer para persuadir a su hijo de abandonar la herej\u00eda maniquea. Un obispo, que alguna vez hab\u00eda pertenecido a esa secta, le asegur\u00f3 a M\u00f3nica que era \u201cimposible que el hijo de tantas l\u00e1grimas se pierda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Estas l\u00e1grimas y oraciones se intensificaron cuando Agust\u00edn, a los 29 a\u00f1os, abandon\u00f3 a M\u00f3nica sin previo aviso mientras ella pasaba la noche rezando en una capilla. Sin despedirse de su madre, Agust\u00edn abord\u00f3 un barco con destino a Roma. Sin embargo, incluso este doloroso evento servir\u00eda al prop\u00f3sito mayor de Dios, ya que Agust\u00edn se fue para convertirse en maestro en el lugar donde estaba destinado a convertirse en cat\u00f3lico.<\/p>\n<p>Bajo la influencia del santo obispo Ambrosio de Mil\u00e1n, Agust\u00edn renunci\u00f3 a la ense\u00f1anza de los maniqueos alrededor de 384. M\u00f3nica sigui\u00f3 a su hijo a Mil\u00e1n y se sinti\u00f3 alentada por el creciente inter\u00e9s de su hijo en la predicaci\u00f3n de Ambrosio. Despu\u00e9s de tres a\u00f1os de lucha contra sus deseos y perplejidades, Agust\u00edn sucumbi\u00f3 a la gracia de Dios y fue bautizado en 387.<\/p>\n<p>Poco antes de su muerte, M\u00f3nica comparti\u00f3 una profunda experiencia m\u00edstica de Dios con Agust\u00edn, quien relat\u00f3 el evento en sus \u201cConfesiones\u201d. Finalmente, le dijo: \u201cHijo, para m\u00ed ya no hay placer en nada en esta vida. Ahora que mis esperanzas en este mundo est\u00e1n satisfechas, no s\u00e9 qu\u00e9 m\u00e1s quiero aqu\u00ed o por qu\u00e9 estoy aqu\u00ed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLo \u00fanico que les pido a ambos\u201d, le dijo a Agust\u00edn y a su hermano Navigio, \u201ces que me recuerden en el altar del Se\u00f1or dondequiera que est\u00e9n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Santa M\u00f3nica muri\u00f3 a la edad de 56 a\u00f1os en el a\u00f1o 387. En tiempos modernos, se ha convertido en la inspiraci\u00f3n para la Sodalidad de Santa M\u00f3nica, que fomenta la oraci\u00f3n y la penitencia entre los cat\u00f3licos cuyos hijos han abandonado la fe.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/23080\/st-monica-mother-of-st-augustine-commemorated-august-27\">Enlace a la fuente <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] St. Monica. \/ Credit: Luis Trist\u00c3\u00a1n, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 27, one day before the feast of her son St. Augustine, the Catholic Church honors St. Monica, whose holy example and fervent intercession led to one of the most dramatic conversions in [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/St__Monica_CNA_World_Catholic_News_8_3_11.jpg?fit=250%2C198&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9563,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/st-monica\/","url_meta":{"origin":9569,"position":0},"title":"St. Monica","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Monica Feast date: Aug 27 On August 27, one day before the feast of her son St. Augustine, the Catholic Church honors St. Monica, whose holy example and fervent intercession led to one of the most dramatic conversions in Church history.Monica was born into a Catholic family in\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724733142_Monica_27August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724733142_Monica_27August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724733142_Monica_27August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724733142_Monica_27August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7311,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/5-saints-who-were-grandparents\/","url_meta":{"origin":9569,"position":1},"title":"5 saints who were grandparents\u00c2\u00a0","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"febrero 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source From left to right: St. Thomas More, St. Helena, St. Louis IX, St. Monica, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. \/ Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain CNA Newsroom, Jul 28, 2024 \/ 04:29 am (CNA). 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