Above: St Monica, the mother of St Augustine of Hippo
by the Spanish mannerist painter of Toledo
Luis Tristán de Escamilla 1585-1624 (The Prado)
A Reflection by Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff
with the Choir of the Church of the Advent Boston
In recent days, as we follow the Church Calendar through the Festal season of Easter we have had occasion to think quite a bit about the early church in North Africa, with Cyril of Carthage coming up in my last reflection, as he grappled so heroically with the twin challenges of enduring a terrible plague on the one hand and a persecution by the Pagan Roman state on the other –which eventually claimed his life as a Martyr
Just this last Saturday was the Feast of St Athanasius of Alexandria,
and today, in the Western church calendar, we are invited to remember St Monica the mother of Augustine of Hippo
She was born in the year 332 in Tagaste, North Africa (modern-day Souk Ahras, in Algeria)…..
to hear the rest of the reflection click on the following link;
https://soundcloud.com/mark-dwyer-2/20200504-daily-meditation