The Call of Saint Clare John Paul II (Luke 15:18)

(Luke 15:18)

and Human Nature

We are learned but far from wise

ISBN: 978-1944418441

The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep

The Call of Saint Clare John Paul II (Luke 15:18)By Henri Daniel Rops The life of Saint Clare of Assisi is a love story. This story, as Henri Daniel Rops writes in the opening lines of this volume, though as touching as a romantic novel, is the story of a love fulfilled in God alone. On Palm Sunday, in the year 1212, seventeen year old Clare Offreduccio approached the altar of Blessed Virgin Mary in the poor chapel of Porziuncula. What do you seek? asked Francis of Assisi. The mercy of the Lord and