A Watch in the Night Biography as in the other stages

as in the other stages of history

critically lauded as an “an exalted tale

for friends

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

By François Mauriac

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