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Hey there, sprouts. Today is two-sbrouts. Today is Tuesday, August 11th, 2020.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are talking about the Ninth Commandment.

Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's wife.

Of course, covet means that you desire it. You want to own it and possess a person,

which as we talked about yesterday is never good. Each person is a unique creation by God and a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, this week, by looking at the unique and incredible stories of a different

saint each day, we are going to be reminded how we each have a beautiful story. And in order to

love a person, we often are required to get to know them. Now, today's saint, whose feast day is today, is St. Clair of Assisi.

Yesterday we heard about St. Lawrence, who was in Rome in the 200s. Well, St. Clair lived in the

town of Assisi, which is a short train ride from Rome, but she lived over 900 years after St. Lawrence. St. Clair was born in the

late 1100s. Now, there is another famous saint from the city of Assisi, Italy, and that of course is

St. Francis of the Sisi. St. Francis left behind a life of wealth. He embraced poverty, and he became a

wandering preacher, and he would restore churches, and he was a great reminder that everything we need

comes from God. St. Clair was a daughter of a wealthy man. She lived very comfortably and home with a maid,

and yet she loved to hear St. Francis preach, and she desired to imitate his life. But her parents

strictly forbid her. They thought that the best thing that she could do for herself was to marry a rich man

and create a powerful connection for their family. However, Claire desired to give her whole life to

God. Therefore, when she was 18, when she was legally an adult, she left home in the middle of the

night. She met St. Francis at a church. And there in a beautiful

ceremony, she cut off her hair. She got rid of her fancy clothes and put on an old robe,

a rag, basically, and dedicated herself to God. Her father tried to come to the monastery shortly after and drag her

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