Into the Lenten Desert:
Learning to Pray with the Medieval Masters
A Wyoming Catholic College Distance Learning Class with Dr. Jason Baxter
Lent, said Pope Benedict XVI, “is a period of spiritual ‘combat’ which we must experience alongside Jesus, not with pride and presumption, but using the arms of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance.”
Few Christians knew how to wield those weapons of prayer, listening, and penance than the Medieval Masters. These were the priests, bishops, theologians, monks, and hermits who defined the great doctrines of our faith, established many of the traditions we still follow today, and distinguished themselves as spiritual warriors against the world, the flesh, and the devil.
This Lent, join Dr. Jason Baxter as he introduces great saints of that era and shares what they can teach us about prayer, penance, and spiritual warfare (Lectures are also available as podcasts at “The After Dinner Scholar.”)