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Eternal Life Awaits

August 17, 2024

Death is the great mystery, provoking our fear and anxiety, as well as inspiring our courage and hope.

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St. Clare’s Canticle

August 16, 2024
Clare’s love song came out of her own sufferings.
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Worshippers pray during a Mass at the Basilica San Jose de Flores in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 6, 2023, where Pope Francis used to attend Mass during his childhood. (OSV News photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters)

How to celebrate holy days of obligation

August 15, 2024
(OSV News) — It’s part of human nature to set aside certain days to mark events or to honor people. On a personal level we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. On a secular level we celebrate the founding of our country, ...
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Holy Rule for the Poor Ladies

August 7, 2024
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.
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Clare, the Undiminished Light

August 3, 2024
Clare's bereavement could hardly be equaled since for her, as for her sisters, Francis was “after God, her only consolation.”
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Clear and Precious and Beautiful

August 2, 2024
Clare was a guide for all who would follow Francis after his death.
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Cross of San Damiano

St. Francis: The Restorer of Churches

August 1, 2024
About three-quarters of a mile below Assisi stands the little convent of San Damiano.
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