Christian Women of the Medieval Era – Part 36

Introduction:

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! My prayer now is for a Happier New Year! We paused for the holidays from our series on the amazing lives of the Christian women who lived during the Middle Ages with a story about the origination of one of the most beautiful Christmas carols – “Silent Night”. I hope you were blessed by the story and that the hymn will have new meaning and richness for you.

In our series on Medieval Christian women, we have found that each of these women did her part in transforming the culture around her by following in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus who cared for the poor and neglected. They accomplished countless acts of piety and charity in many ways using the gifts that God gave them for service. The women were queens, abbesses, sisters, influential citizens, writers, godly wives and mothers…