19th Week of Ordinary Time C – Monday – Saint Clare
On this Memorial of Saint Clare, the readings invite us to reflect on a life of wholehearted love for God—a love that compels total surrender, trust, and a simplicity that changes the world. Saint Clare of Assisi embodies that spirit with a singular clarity. While many saints serve God with courage, charity, and devotion, Clare is unique for how quietly and yet radically she chose to let go of everything the world prizes, so that she could possess Christ alone. Her path was not one of great public preaching, but of interior fire—a contemplative life so intense that it lit a path for others, including many women who came to her seeking the same freedom she had found.