January 9
Julia della Rena
Augustinian tertiary and anchoress
Practical advice
Turn off your phone for ten minutes today and place yourself sincerely before God.
Biography
A fourteenth-century Augustinian tertiary, she lived as an anchoress in a small cell beside a church in Certaldo, Tuscany. She devoted her days to prayer, penance, and spiritual counsel.
Example of
Life of prayerDetachment