Lent with St. Clare: Saturday after Ash Wednesday
As a member of the noble class, St. Clare had the finest goods available to her—clothes, food, shelter.
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Lent with St. Clare: Friday after Ash Wednesday
“Gaze upon the mirror each day, O Queen and Spouse of Jesus Christ, and continually study your face within it.” —Fourth letter to Agnes of Prague
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Lent with St. Clare: Thursday after Ash Wednesday
When Clare left her home, she was completely alone. For a brief time, she met with Francis and his brothers and then took refuge with a community of religious sisters. In essence, however, she was charting her own path.
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Lent with St. Clare: Ash Wednesday
Today is the start of our Lenten journey. On our foreheads we wear ashes, a sign that we are made of dust and to dust we shall return. Such an outward sign conveys a message that words do not.
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Saint Clare of Assisi
Saint Clare referred to herself as a little plant. In many ways, she was a strong oak. The first woman to write a Rule of Life for her sisters, she insisted on the privilege of poverty until her dying breath, ...
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Loving St. Clare of Assisi
Within each of us is the potential to be a light focusing attention on God’s presence in our world. Clare of Assisi’s life reveals just how much light she shed.
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