Clare of Assisi Quotes

• We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.

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  Shapes

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• We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God's compassionate love for others.

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  Love, Christian, Mean

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• Love God, serve God; everything is in that.

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  Catholic, Saint, God Love

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• Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.

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  Shadow, Delight, World

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• Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.

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  Faith, Mother, Blessed

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• Our body is not made of iron. Our strength is not that of stone. Live and hope in the Lord, and let your service be according to reason.

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  Strength, Iron, Body

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• Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.

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  Names, Suffering, Doe

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• Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Mirrors

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• Loving one another with the charity of Christ, let the love you have in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds so that compelled by such an example, the sisters may also grow in the love of God and charity for one another.

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  Christian, Love You, Heart

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• I come, O Lord, unto Thy sanctuary to see the life and food of my soul. As I hope in Thee, O Lord, inspire me with that confidence which brings me to Thy holy mountain. Permit me, Divine Jesus, to come closer to Thee, that my whole soul may do homage to the greatness of Thy majesty; that my heart, with its tenderest affections, may acknowledge Thine infinite love; that my memory may dwell on the admirable mysteries here renewed every day, and that the sacrifice of my whole being may accompany Thine.

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  Jesus, Memories, Heart

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• O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!

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  Blessed, Riches, Poverty

  Saint Clare (of Assisi), Regis J. Armstrong (2006). “The Lady: Clare of Assisi : Early Documents”, p.22, New City Press

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