Lent and Easter Wisdom From St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi Boy Baptism that seeking moments of silence

that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before

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Andre Bessette: A Heart of Strength

Lent and Easter Wisdom From St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi Boy Baptism that seeking moments of silenceAlthough they lived nearly 800 years ago, Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi serve as excellent guides for the modern Lenten journey. Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi abandoned their comfortable lifestyles and embraced lives of poverty, humility, and penance to better follow the call to Christian discipleship. Both saints underwent powerful conversion experiences in their lives. In the course of their conversions, they ignited a movement