This week our series on Saints Who Taught About Prayer continues with great figures such as Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland (p 90), and Saint Benedict, Founder of Western Monasticism (p101), whose feast occurs on Saturday 11 July. We also encounter Saint Bruno (p137), who deepened Saint Benedict’s original charism by founding the silent order of contemplative monks we know as Carthusians.
Whether or not Saint Patrick actually wrote the famous Lorica (Saint Patrick’s Breastplate), it remains a brilliant expression of how prayer keeps us focused on the protection of the Lord.
