
St. Clare’s Prayerful Life
The privilege of poverty, as much as I can embrace it, is an outer simplification. Advancing age reveals it to me, but Clare shows me how to maximize its revelations.
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The privilege of poverty, as much as I can embrace it, is an outer simplification. Advancing age reveals it to me, but Clare shows me how to maximize its revelations.

Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, reviews IN THE HEIGHTS, SUMMER OF SOUL, and BUILDING A BRIDGE in our August issue!

Think about the big and small ways you have received the miracle of healing in your life. How have your relationships with God, friends, coworkers, or family been repaired?

When Moses came down from the mountain he led the people in the acceptance of a covenant with God. This solemn religious action expressed their intent to do everything the Lord had commanded.

Jesus asks this of all his disciples. How do we respond?

To care for his people, Louis of France built cathedrals, churches, libraries, hospitals, and orphanages.

“God has a dream for you,” St. Ignatius of Loyola said. And best of all it accords with our own deepest desires.

God’s commandments are the manual of instructions about how we work best. They are gifts–not burdens–and they call for our gratitude.

We are often like Mary Magdalene and those early disciples—we are “in the dark” and don’t always understand what is going on. Our God can be mysterious.

In this Year of St. Joseph, it’s good to remember him was a real man who experienced all the ups and downs that go with those roles.