A Watch in the Night Biography as in the other stages

as in the other stages of history

each and every sermon here—like its subject—is a lesson in inspiration and encouragement in faith

such as the saving of Queen Gwenevere and the struggle with Sir Gawaine

critically lauded as an “an exalted tale

A Watch in the Night Biography as in the other stagesBy Helen C. White A Watch in the Night tells of one Jacopone da Todi, a famous poet of the Middle Ages. Devastated by the sudden death of his wife, Jacopone forsakes all his earthy possessions, undertaking a new life of asceticism and penance and eventually joining the Franciscan Order. There he assumes a critical role in the Orders internal struggles between the Conventuals, who affirm a more lenient interpretation of St. Franciss rule, and