Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Clare.
She was a contemporary of St. Francis of Assisi. Upon hearing one of his sermons, she decided to give her life fully to God.
Though destined to be married, one night she snuck away from home to meet St. Francis and his friars. She made a promise to God, took upon herself a habit, and sheered her hair off as a physical sign of her interior dedication to Christ.
She embraced the life of poverty and wore a sack cloth. St. Francis then brought her to a Benedictine convent.
Her family was irate and they sought to remove her, but she was steadfast in her commitment.
Later, by her life and dedication, she won over her sister and eventually her mother, as both joined her in dedicating their life to poverty and prayer.
Many young women and men sneak out at night these days; but how many sneak out for the love of God, to give themselves fully to God.
We have come along way, and maybe we should stop and see that the long way we have traveled in society has been perhaps the wrong way.
The saints remind us that God is the greatest lover of all, compared to Him all others pale.
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