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I’ve always been fascinated by how St. Clare drew so close to God in prayer while living most of her life entirely within the enclosure of San Damiano.
Prayer cannot be judged on the basis of “highs” or “feel-good” experiences.
To know God is to know the human person since the mystery of God is the human person.
Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, explains how Saint Clare’s leadership structure is needed today.
Francis and Clare did not let the old get in the way of the new, but like all religious geniuses, revealed what the old was saying all along.
St. Francis changed the world with his Gospel-infused spirituality, but he was also free to be an itinerant. His sister in faith, Clare, was just as effective in evangelizing without ever leaving San Damiano.
(OSV News) — On the same day dioceses around the world inaugurated the Jubilee Year, meant to be a time of hope amid a world
Francis was canonized a mere two years after he died. Clare lived on for another twenty-seven years.
Clare protects and offers us a contemplative spirituality for both women and men.
We live in a hurting world. Suffering overwhelms people. We are not removed from that reality.
