Saint Clare of Assisi | Franciscan Media

An excellent reflection on this, her feast day ♥️🌹

One of the more sugary movies made about Francis of Assisi pictures Clare as a golden-haired beauty floating through sun-drenched fields, a sort of one-woman counterpart to the new Franciscan Order.

The beginning of her religious life was indeed movie material. Having refused to marry at 15, Clare was moved by the dynamic preaching of Francis. He became her lifelong friend and spiritual guide.
— Read on www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-clare-of-assisi/