For a seventy-year-old woman

This funeral sermon was for a woman who had been a faithful member of the church most of her life - a person who put her faith into practice at every hour and situation.

"Therefore, I appeal to you, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God; which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

In the calendar of the Church Year, one day is set aside to cornmeinorate St. Augustine. There is much that could be said about him; but of greater significance today is his mother, Monica, who for years had hoped and prayed that her son would become a Christian. His …