St. Clare of Assisi
The Brief Life of St. Francis
The man who longed to be a knight, a man of war, dies a man of peace, at peace with God, with himself, and with all of creation.
St. Clare: Light of Assisi
When St. Clare died, the Church lost a luminary. But her legacy shines brightly to this day.
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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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Lent with St. Francis: The Cross Is before Us
The cross is before us now with its wordless challenge to love beyond death. Take some time this week to think about events in your own life that have given you an experience of Jesus’s command to pick up your ...
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Be a Living Prayer: Tips from Saint Francis of Assisi
With the guidance of Saint Francis of Assisi, you can learn to ground your life in prayer.
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Dear Reader: Saints in a Vacuum
For most of us, when we think of saints, we view them as frozen in time. St. Francis will always be wandering the hills of Assisi, preaching the Gospel, and facing the challenges of the Church in his time.
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