The Prayers of the Great Cloud of Witnesses

Alcuin of Tours: A Compendium Entry

In the morning, at the height of my powers, I sowed the seed in Britain, now in the evening when my blood is growing cold I am still sowing in France, hoping both will grow, by the grace of God, giving some the honey of the holy scriptures, making others drunk on the old wine of ancient learning... -Alcuin’s Autobiographic…