Find what you’re looking for
Saint Clare of Assisi offered a new approach to authority and sisterhood, to community prayer, to the enclosure, and to financial security.
She gave up a world of privilege for a world of poverty. Her profound faith is a model for us all.
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.
Enjoy “A Life in Dialogue: Listening, Common Ground, and Bad Bunny”
In Matthew 26:6-13 and Mark 14:3-9, we read that Jesus was eating at the home of “Simon the leper” when Jesus was anointed with costly perfumed oil. Did Jesus heal Simon of his leprosy?
In the Incarnation, God revealed to us who God is. The Incarnation showed us the face of God.
Reflect Clare of Assisi counseled Agnes of Prague to “gaze” on Jesus. In looking to Jesus, we deepen our relationship to God and form our
There is no one way to be a woman of vibrant faith. St. Clare is one among many reminders that female saints are strong women with ideas on what it means to radically follow Jesus.
Living in precarity with faith in God’s providence may lead to this startling conclusion: I am rich because my needs are few. Enough will be enough.
In our day, “Good Pope John” carried the message of the Good News to the world with graciousness and humor.
