Poor Clare Monastery - Roswell, New Mexico

“The form of life of the Order of the Poor Sisters, which the Blessed Francis founded, is this: to observe the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Rule of St. Clare is so demanding precisely because it is so simple. What she and St. Francis desired solely was the closest possible union with God by the closest possible imitation of the God-Man. Nothing, then, could be more logical than to take His Gospel as their form of life.

A vocation is so mysterious a gift, a thing so locked in the inner court of the soul, that no one can properly describe or explain it. What can be said is that a true vocation is a call so compelling that a soul must loosen its hold on the dearest and even the holiest of its loves to rise up and follow the summons.

To anyone who thinks that the Gospel cannot be taken quite literally today, we can only borrow Our Lord’s words to St. Andrew: “Come and see!”

from A Right to Be Merry by Mother Mary Francis https://poorclares-roswell.org/books-and-more