Enduring Grace
Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics
Chapter OneSaint Clare of Assisi(1195-1253)What you hold, may you always hold. What you do, may you always do and never abandon. But with swift pace, light step, unswerving feet, so that even your steps stir up no dust, may you go forward securely, joyfully, and swiftly, on the path of prudent happiness.
-- Saint Clare of Assisi,Early Documents 2.40
Imagine, if you will, a woman of about forty, coiffed and veiled, fine of feature, and thin as a willow. She is propped up in bed, though maybe we should say "on pallet," lest we suggest even a trace of comfort, and the spinning that normally occupies her is set to one side. She is writing, deeply ... read full excerpt from Enduring Grace ebook