As Clare had labored over the years in doing the fine handwork that helped support the monastery, she now set herself the task of a written text.

Clare’s writings often include the metaphor of a mirror. In Francis’s body she beheld a stark mirror of the Passion. She then taught the sisters how clearly they must pattern their lives on that of Jesus. He had to become their Mirror.

Clare’s “peace surpassing understanding” drew them daily into her orbit of sisterly solidarity.