Poems & Counsels on Prayer and Contemplation, by Dame Gertrude More Altar Cards Font Size: 9

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Plain Sterling Silver Cross

Overall length (including jump ring) 29mm and thickness 2mm

* It is an engaging presentation of a living faith for today

Each meditation concludes with a prayer mostly taken from the liturgy

Poems & Counsels on Prayer and Contemplation, by Dame Gertrude More Altar Cards Font Size: 9Dame Gertrude More was only 17 years old in 1623 when she became one of the founders of a convent in France. Despite her youth and early death, she is a key figure in the revitalization of English Benedictine life and an important link between medieval and modern western contemplative traditions, not least due to her writing: she was one of the earliest women writers printed in the English language. This new edition of her work shows a powerful, rare