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St Clare
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2013, 07:34:52 PM »


St Clare
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2013, 08:05:02 PM »
Hymn for Matins

In joyful chorus let the faithful
Resound this virgin's song of praise,
Who gladly followed Christ's own Mother,
Renewed in virtue, zeal and grace.

The first-born of the poorest Ladies,
But rich in heaven's kind regard,
She gains for self in fullest measure
A faithful life's assured reward.

A sparkling star amid the heavens,
She now reflects a brilliant light,
For Christ, the Light, the Sun eternal,
Bathes blessed Clare in splendor bright.

By poverty and strict observance
Of blessed Francis' rule of life,
Portraying Christ, the gentle master,
She calmed this world of greed and strife.

She spurns the flesh and worldly pleasures,
She puts herself in Mary's care;
In abject poverty she follows
Her Christ, so poor beyond compare.

To God the Father endless glory,
And praise to his Incarnate Son,
And homage to the Holy Spirit,
Through whom this virgin heaven won.

St Clare
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2013, 08:24:22 PM »
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Litany of the Glorious Mother Saint Clare

 Lord, have mercy on us.
 Christ, have mercy on us.
 Lord, have mercy on us.
 Christ hear us.
 Christ, graciously hear us.
 God, the Father of Heaven,
 Have mercy on us.
 God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
 Have mercy on us.
 God, the Holy Ghost,
 Have mercy on us.
 Holy Trinity, one God,
 Have mercy on us.


 Holy Mary,
Pray for us. *

 Holy Mother Clare, *
 Holy Mother Clare, renowned in deed and in name, *
 Holy Mother Clare, brighter than the light, *
 Holy Mother Clare, great in merits, *
 Holy Mother Clare, free from the stain of sin, *
 Holy Mother Clare, bright light illumining the world, *
 Holy Mother Clare, new luminary, *
 Holy Mother Clare, star of the heavens, *
 Holy Mother Clare, renowned Virgin, *
 Holy Mother Clare, saintly Virgin, *
 Holy Mother Clare, prudent Virgin, *
 Holy Mother Clare, shining splendor of Heaven, *
 Holy Mother Clare, friend of the Cross, *
 Holy Mother Clare, mourning dove, *
 Holy Mother Clare, spouse of God, *
 Holy Mother Clare, disciple of Christ, *
 Holy Mother Clare, city of the Saviour, *
 Holy Mother Clare, vessel of purity, *
 Holy Mother Clare, pattern of obedience, *
 Holy Mother Clare, model of patience, *
 Holy Mother Clare, marvel of abstinence, *
 Holy Mother Clare, prodigy of sanctity, *
 Holy Mother Clare, mother of poverty, *
 Holy Mother Clare, flower of virginity, *
 Holy Mother Clare, palm of fecundity, *
 Holy Mother Clare, fountain of charity, *
 Holy Mother Clare, endowed with every virtue, *
 Holy Mother Clare, guardian of consecrated virgins, *
 Holy Mother Clare, plant of the Minors, *
 Holy Mother Clare, sweetest mistress, *
 Holy Mother Clare, despising vanities, *
 Holy Mother Clare, triumphing over the demons, *
 Holy Mother Clare, most devoted to the Blessed Sacrament, *
 Holy Mother Clare, emulating our Holy Father Saint Francis, *
 Holy Mother Clare, craving the food of the word of God, *



 Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
 Spare us, O Lord!
 Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
 Graciously, hear us, O Lord!
 Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
 Have mercy on us, O Lord!

 Christ hear us.
 Christ, graciously hear us.
 Pray for us, O Blessed Mother Clare!
 That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.


 Let us pray:

We beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy servants who are renewing the votive commemoration of Thy holy Virgin, our Mother Clare, may by her intercession become partakers of the heavenly joys and co-heirs of Thine only-begotten Son. Who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

O God, Who wast pleased that our holy Mother Saint Clare by the splendor of her virtues should become a guiding light to innumerable virgins: grant through her intercession and merits that those virgins may always walk in this light here on earth, and may be found worthy to enjoy the perpetual serenity of Thy face in heaven. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.






 

St Clare
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2013, 08:30:45 PM »
St. Clare and the Saracens

Elaine M. Jordan


This Eucharistic miracle was written by a Franciscan friar who lived at the time of St. Francis, Tommaso da Celano (1200-1255). It describes how St. Clare of Assisi succeeded, with the Blessed Sacrament, in turning away Saracen troops that were surrounding the city.
 Regiments of Saracen soldiers and bowmen were stationed there (in the Convent of San Damiano in Assisi, Italy), massed like bees, ready to devastate the encampments and seize the cities. Once, during an enemy attack against Assisi, a city beloved of the Lord, and while the army was approaching the gates, the fierce Saracens invaded San Damiano, entered the confines of the convent and even the very cloister of the virgins. The women were in terror, their voices trembling with fear as they called out to their Mother, St. Clare.


Miracle of St. Clare

St. Clare puts the Saracens to flight

 With a fearless heart, St. Clare commanded them to lead her, sick as she was, to the enemy, preceded by a silver and ivory case in which the Body of the Saint of Saints was kept with great devotion. And prostrating herself before the Lord, she spoke plaintively to her Christ: "Behold, my Lord, is it possible that Thou wouldst deliver into the hands of pagans Thy defenseless slaves, whom I have taught out of love for Thee? I pray Thee, Lord, protect these Thy slaves whom I cannot now save by myself."

 Suddenly a voice resounded in her ears from the tabernacle: "I will always protect you!"

 "My Lord," she added, "if it is Thy wish, protect also this city which is sustained by Thy love.’

Christ replied, "It will have to undergo many trials, but it will be defended by My protection."

 Then the virgin, raising a face bathed in tears, comforted the sisters: "I assure you, daughters, that you will suffer no evil; only have faith in Christ."

 Upon seeing the courage of the sisters, the Saracens took flight and fled back over the walls they had scaled, unnerved by the strength of the sister whom they saw praying. And Clare immediately warned those who heard the voice I spoke of above, ordering them sternly: "Take care not to tell anyone about that voice while I am still alive, dearest daughters."


Selected from Tommaso da Celano,
The History of Saint Clare, Virgin,  Internet
Posted November 6, 2010