Vatican City, Aug 28, 2010 / 11:50 am
St. Augustine's life is still a strong witness for youth in the search for truth today amid life’s distractions, Cardinal Angelo Comastri has told Vatican Radio. He added that the fourth-century saint offers an example of how to rise above one’s circumstances and find meaning.
Cardinal Comastri spoke to Vatican Radio in a Saturday morning report to mark the feast of St. Augustine. The Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and Vicar General of the Vatican City-State will also celebrate the day at Mass in Ostia, Italy where St. Augustine's mother, St. Monica, lived.
"St. Augustine is a model of humanity with an impressive modernity," said the cardinal to Vatican radio, noting that his story is like that of a young person today.
His life was a constant search for meaning, recalled the cardinal. "Even when he walked in the mud," he preserved the need for meaning and was never content until he "recognized Jesus Christ as the light that illuminates life."