Clare of Assisi

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Posted February 14th, 2008 by claryssa

 Meet my namesake, Clare of Assisi.  While, I am a "SPIRITUAL" being, I do not subscribe to any certain Faith or Religion.  I do, however, admire both Clare and Francis for their spiritual essences and their whole-hearted dedication to a higher standard of BEING.

 
 

Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) can be defined as the feminine expression of the ideals of Francis of Assisi. Her name means "the enlightened one".
 
" In the fullest meaning of the word she was truly his * sister light * Not only by her advice and prayers, but also by the transparent beauty of her life and her whole being. When everything seemed to be crashing down around Francis, she was the living example of fidelity to his primitive ideal, to pure Gospel simplicity. She lived in God's time, like the stars, *clear, lovely and beautiful.* Without many words she made Francis understand that peace of heart was the highest form of poverty, the peace that comes from total surrender of self to God."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Place your mind in the mirror of eternity;

Place your soul in the splendor of glory;

Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance;

And, through contemplation, transform your entire being into the image of the Divine One himself,

So that you, yourself, may also experience what his friends experience when they taste the hidden sweetness that

God alone has kept from the beginning For those who love him.

Lady Clare of Assisi