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A Reflection for the Feast of St. Clare

Our Franciscan Friars in particular have always made it a priority to take care of our sacramental needs, and our August 2021 novena to our Mother St. Clare was filled with prayers for their interprovincial meeting, taking place during those grace-laden days. Since the meeting was conducted online because of the pandemic, it occurred to Father Provincial Jack Clark Robinson, O.F.M., that this might be their opportunity to invite our Mother Abbess to join, via Zoom, in their celebration of the solemnity of our seraphic Mother. She participated through a voice recording coupled with a slideshow of paintings of St. Clare, offering the friars our own invitation to join us in our centuries-long spiritual procession led by our Eucharistic-minded Mother St. Clare. Drawing from the Song of Songs in her brief reflection, she spoke of the love of our Eucharistic Jesus as the driving force throughout our seraphic Mother’s entire life: “It was love that led her from her family home… It was love that sustained her in San Damiano… It was love that rallied her failing body to rise up and defend her monastery from attack, taking refuge in the Sacrament of Love, her only defense.” https://poorclares-roswell.org Music in this video:    • Romeo and Juliet (Nino Rota) - for vi...