The Eighth Centenary of the Beginning of the Poor Clare Form of Life

Prayer to Saint Clare for the 800th Anniversary

O God through the preaching of Saint Francis,

Your daughter Saint Clare,

a radiant light

and shining splendor

to the world,

and  a woman of noble birth,

left all to embrace a life

of total poverty.

Trusting solely in the

generosity of others

and of Divine  Providence,

she and her followers

found happiness in austerity.

Bless all women

throughout the world

who have embraced her spirit

and form of life for 800 years.

Let us continue to be a sign

of Your loving care.

As we follow the gospel, may we know

the gifts of holy unity,

highest poverty and

true simplicity.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, Your Son,

who first showed us the way,

and now lives with You and

the Holy Spirit,

world without end.

Amen

The first Monastery of the Poor Clares , San Damiano

 found by Saint Clare in 1212

800 years ago in

Assisi, Italy