Today is the Feast Day of my good friend and patron saint, Saint Clare
St Clare lived in Assisi, Italy in the late 12th and 13th Century. When her Mother was pregnant with Clare, and worried about the often dangerous birth of a child, she went and prayed in the Cathedral di San Rufino she distinctly heard these words: "Do not be afraid, woman for you will give birth in safety to a light which will give light more clearly than light itself." When Clare was about 17 or 18 years old she left her rich and noble family to give her life to the Lord as a follower of St Francis and with her sister Agnes, founded the Poor Clares. Clare is known for her joy, her love of the Poor Christ (and with it, poverty) and her love of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
O wondrous blessed clarity of Clare!
In life she shone to a few;
after death she shines on the whole world!
On earth she was a clear light;
Now in heaven she is a brilliant sun.
O how great the vehemence of the
brilliance of this clarity!
On earth this light was indeed kept
within cloistered walls,
yet shed abroad its shining rays;
It was confined within a convent cell,
yet spread itself through the wide world.
Amen
Basilica di San Francisco
Even the ATM's have pictures of St Francis!
1 comment:
aww, I want to go to Assisi!
Happy Feast Day Clare!
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