Mass of May 4: St. Monica, Widow

May 4 2019 8:00 am

Proper on pages 1255, 1067. Preface for Easter on page 881.

St. Monica first converted her pagan husband, and then by her tears and unceasing prayers, her son St. Augustine, who is regarded as one of the greatest Doctors of the Western Church.  She died A.D. 387.