Chapel decorated in an elegant style
The Way of the
Lamb
We wish,
until we are,
what Clare was.
Clare who
kindles
our hearts
to be lovers of
God
and lovers of
all.
She fills our
minds,
with passages
from Scripture.
We take up her
longing,
to pass from
emptiness
to fullness.
Embodied
in a love
that comes from God
and goes to
God,
passing from
death
to life.
But we,
pondering her phrases, may miss
the mark.
So our Sister
Moon,
reflecting
light
from Brother
Sun,
points beyond
her self,
beyond her
Francis.
to the way of
the Lamb.
Rule Chapter VI
Since by Divine Inspiration you have made yourselves
daughters and handmaids of the Most High Sovereign King.
The Testament of Clare:
Love one another for the sake of Christ, and show forth
externally by your actions, the love that reigns in your hearts so that, urged
on by each other’s example, the Sisters may always grow in the love of God, and
in mutual Charity.
Clare’s love of Scripture : first Letter of Clare to Agnes:
Psalm 32; Matt 8,20;
Jn 19,30; Matt 6,20, 24; Matt 19,24
Matt 7,14,; Matt 19,29
Clare’s Third Letter To Agnes:
Truly, I can rejoice, nor can anyone rob me of such joy,
because I now possess what under heaven I have desired.
Clare’s Third Letter to Agnes:
Love Him in complete surrender –quotes Jn 14,21”Who loves
me will be loved by my Father etc.
Clare’s fourth Letter to Agnes.
You are espoused most wondrously to the spotless Lamb.
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Posted by Sister Florence Vales OSC
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