
‘The Greatest of These Is Love’
Love is our foundation and our destiny, says this noted Franciscan. But how can we remove the barriers between us and God?
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Love is our foundation and our destiny, says this noted Franciscan. But how can we remove the barriers between us and God?

Sometimes the key to growing our faith is a return to the basics.

Francis’ recognition and honoring of the feminine, that was such an important part of his life and teaching, took concrete and personal shape in the person of Clare. She has usually been overshadowed by her partner, Francis, in the public imagination; in her writings, she seems to see herself that way very humbly, as we see in this wonderful opening quote. But Chiara Offreduccio (1193–1253) has finally begun to emerge as her own person, with her own unique identity, writings, and message.