Writings of St. Clare

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Writings of St. Clare

• (Taken from The Testament of St. Clare)

I bless you during my life and after my
death (St. Clares blessing to her Sisters)
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Second letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

God has filled you with splendour and beauty and
sees only goodness in you
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Third letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

Place your mind before the mirror of eternity
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Second letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

Gaze upon the Lord
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Second letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

I Give Thanks to the Giver of Life
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Third letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

Cling to His sweet mother who gave birth to a Son
whom the Heavens could not contain
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Third letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

Taste the hidden sweetness
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Process of Canonisation320-22)

O Lord, may You who have created me,
be blessed
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Letter from St. Clare to Ermentrude)

Let us pray to God for one another
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Second letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

Go forward secure and with joy on the path of
happiness
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Writings of St. Clare

• (First letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

What a great and praiseworthy exchange to
choose the things of heaven for the goods of
earth
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Process of Canonisation 320-22)

Clare spoke gently to her soul go forth in peace
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Writings of St. Clare

• (Fourth letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague)

The King of Angels, the Lord of Heaven and Earth,
is laid in a manger
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Sisters of St. Clare
What you hold, may you always hold, what you do
may you always do and never abandon. But with
swift pace, light step, unswerving feet go
forward
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Since early beginnings (1212) Clares words
have been and continue to be gems of inspiration
and encouragement.