Feast of St. Clare of Assisi
Posted by Terry Nelson on Aug 11th, 2008
Basilica Santa Chiara, Assisi.
While I lived in Assisi I attended Mass here every morning. One of the nuns taught me how to pray the rosary in Italian at the grille, hidden by her enclosure veil. It was cool. Despite the fact the Saint’s body is enshrined here, I felt closest to St. Clare at San Damiano, where she lived with her “Poor Ladies”. The first nuns slept in dormitories. The only religious I know of today who live such poverty and austerity are the Missionaries of Charity.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:59 am
I commented on Clare’s radical insistence that living a life of poverty was an essential element of her discipleship on my blog this morning. You can find it here: http://susanjoan.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/clare-of-assisi/.
August 11th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
“While I lived in Assisi I attended Mass here every morning”
You lived in Assisi!? Oh, my! Saint Clare is one of my favorite saints! You are soooooo blessed to attend Mass there every morning.