Wednesday, August 11, 2021
St. Clare of Assisi was one of the first people to follow St. Francis of Assisi. She founded the Poor Clares Order. She embraced a rule of poverty, austerity, and seclusion.
St. Clare is the patron saint of eye disorders, television, bicycle messengers, and laundry. Her feast day is August 11.
We Become What We LoveWe become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God's compassionate love for others. - St. Clare of Assisi (Social media graphic)
115 Saintly Fun Facts115 Saintly Fun Facts is a delightful way to look at the saints. So many books focus on how they died or what they suffered. This book focuses on what was really special and unique about these saints.
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