“Make me chaste, but not yet,” was Augustine’s prayer as a young man before his conversion. Although attracted to Christianity by its truth, Augustine was unwilling to give up certain sins and change aspects of his life that were contrary to Christian virtue. This included living out of wedlock with his girlfriend of many years, with whom he’d even had a beloved son. One day, God revealed the beauty of chastity to him and gave him the grace to live it. Augustine was completely transformed. Though he continued to struggle with temptation for a long time, Augustine consistently chose the beauty of purity and dedicated all his energy to studying and teaching the Faith. His son, at that point a teenager, was baptized with Augustine by the bishop of Milan, another great saint from the time—an  example of how even our sins can be healed and brought into the greater glory of God.