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This morning we talked about the life and work of Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650) and read one of his prayers

This morning we looked at the life of Synesius of Cyrene (c. 373–414 AD)

Today we looked at the life of Clement of Alexandria and read one of his prayers

Christianity first strongly took root in the Western Highlands and Islands through St. Columba, an Irish monk who founded the great monastery on the island of Iona in 563 AD. 

This morning we chatted about the life of John Oxenham and read one of his prayers.

A German Benedictine abbess, mystic, and polymath who became one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. From childhood, she claimed to experience vivid spiritual visions, which she believed came directly from God. 

Mother Teresa, a catholic nun born in 1910, in Albania who devoted her life to serving the "poorest of the poor." After spending years teaching at a convent school in India, she experienced what she called a "call within a call" to leave the school and live and work in the slums of Kolkata. 

The Leofric Missal is an illuminated manuscript, from the 10th and 11th century, and is kept he Library at Oxford University, England.