St. Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) is my favorite Saint, my favorite and most inspiring follower of St. Francis, and a light in the world. I consider her to be my spiritual mother and she was the one who introduced me to her spiritual father, Francis. Her very name means light. I will probably write much of her as time goes on, but for today I simply want to share some of her words that we have from one of her letters to St. Agnes of Prague, a spiritual daughter in her lifetime. These are the words that I most often pray with, meditate on, and try to embrace. They help guide my life and my spiritual journey. May you be blessed and intrigued by them, as I am.
"Place your mind before the mirror of eternity!
Place your soul in the brilliance of glory!
Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance!
And transform your entire being
into the imageof the Godhead Itself
through contemplation.
So that you too may feel what His friends feel
as they taste the hidden sweetness
that God Himself has reserved from the beginning
for those who love Him" (3LAg 12-14).
FIREWORK!
12 years ago