NOT a Saint Augustine quote this week. I have been reading a lot of Mary Gordon short stories lately. Faith appears frequently as a theme in her fiction. Here is a quote I love from one of her characters:
“She said the point of faith wasn’t that it brought certainty, but that it allowed you a place of trust.”
In fourth-century North Africa, peasant girl Leona falls in love with a Roman aristocrat – the future Saint Augustine. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of Rome’s fall and Christianity’s rise. Drawn from Augustine’s autobiography, The Saint’s Mistress breathes life into the previously untold story of his beloved mistress.