Morning Prayer - THURSDAY, 11 Aug 2022

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 11, 2022 | Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, virgin

"How beautiful you are, O virgin of Christ, who were worthy to receive the Lord’s crown, the crown of perpetual virginity." - Entrance antiphon

St. Clare of Assisi was the first woman to practice the life of entire poverty as taught by St. Francis. Placed by him at the head of a few companions in the small convent of San Damiano, she governed her community for forty-two years thus founding at the gates of Assisi the Order of Poor Clares. Their Rule included austerities hitherto unknown in monasteries of women. They went barefoot, slept on the ground, kept perpetual abstinence and made poverty the basis of their lives. St. Clare died on August 11, 1253, and was canonized two years after her death. (CatholicCulture.org)

St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us!

Start your day with the universal prayer of the Church through the ancient tradition of Lauds. Full-text to Thursday's Morning Prayer is available at ibreviary.com

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