THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE: A Journey of Conversion, From Restlessness to Rest (The Catholic Prayer & Intercession Series)
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
Series: Book 25 of 26 - The Catholic Prayer & Intercession Series
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- Title
- THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE: A Journey of Conversion, From Restlessness to Rest (The Catholic Prayer & Intercession Series)
- Author
- Philips, Doris M.
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
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- New
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- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 9798172390029
- Series
- Book 25 of 26: The Catholic Prayer & Intercession Series
What happens when you have everything you thought would make you happy, and yet your heart still feels empty?
More than fifteen centuries ago, St. Augustine of Hippo wrestled with this very question. Brilliant, ambitious, passionate, and deeply human, Augustine spent years searching for happiness in knowledge, success, relationships, pleasure, and worldly achievement. Yet none of these could satisfy the deepest longing of his heart.
His journey from a restless seeker to one of Christianity's greatest saints is one of the most powerful stories of conversion ever told.
St. Augustine: From Restlessness to Rest invites you into the remarkable life and spiritual journey of Augustine, drawing inspiration from his timeless work, The Confessions.
This book explores not only the events of his life but also the profound spiritual struggles that make his story so relevant to Christians today.
Inside these pages, you will discover:
- Augustine's childhood and family life in Roman North Africa
- The profound influence and prayers of his mother, St. Monica
- His pursuit of education, success, recognition, and intellectual truth
- His struggles with temptation, disordered desires, and sin
- His search for meaning through philosophy and competing beliefs
- The years he spent resisting God's call
- The important influence of St. Ambrose
- Augustine's dramatic conversion in the garden at Milan
- His baptism and beginning of a new life in Christ
- His reflections on sin, grace, memory, time, happiness, and eternity
- The spiritual lessons modern Christians can learn from his journey
- Encouragement for those who feel lost, restless, guilty, or far from God
But this is more than a story about a man who lived centuries ago.
It is a book about you.
Perhaps you have achieved things that still leave you unsatisfied. Perhaps you are struggling with a habit you cannot seem to overcome. Perhaps you are searching for answers about faith and the meaning of life. Perhaps you have wandered away from God and wonder whether you can truly return. Or perhaps, like St. Monica, you are patiently praying for someone you love.
Augustine's story offers hope.
Your past does not have to determine your future. Your failures do not place you beyond God's mercy. Your struggles do not mean that God has abandoned you. And your restless heart may be pointing you toward the One for whom it was created.
Through Augustine's journey, you will be encouraged to examine your own heart, confront the desires that keep you from God, trust in divine grace, and rediscover the peace that cannot be found in temporary things.
The journey to God may take time. Augustine's did.
But grace is patient.
God can meet you in your confusion, your questions, your failures, your regrets, and your deepest longing. He can transform a wandering heart and lead it home.
If you are searching for greater peace, deeper faith, freedom from sin, or a renewed relationship with God, let the story of St. Augustine become an invitation to begin again.
From searching to surrender.
From sin to grace.
From restlessness to rest.
May the journey of St. Augustine inspire you to seek truth courageously, receive God's mercy humbly, resist sin faithfully, and love God more deeply.
St. Augustine, pray for us.
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