This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Hello everyone.

Welcome to our Rosary.

I'm Dr. Troy Henkel filling in

Dr. Mike Cherstlich who's on vacation in Colorado. So Mike, rest and relax so that you can come home recuperated. Today's the feast of St. Clair of Assizi, so our meditation will be on her.

And the topic is St. Clair and divine fruitfulness.

Today's the Feast of St. Clair. She lived from 1194 to 1253 and came from a noble family of

a CZ. As Providence would have it, she was even baptized at the same font as Francis, with whom she later became a dear friend.

Hearing Francis preach on the simplicity and freedom of leaving the world behind to follow Christ, moved her heart so much,

she had to become a devoted follower, a bride of Christ, as she put it.

So on Palm Sunday, March 20th, which is coincidentally or not, my daughter Claire's

birthday, but this in the year 1212, she went to the little chapel rebuilt by St. Francis, which he called the little portion or

Port Cienkala, and had Francis cut her beautiful blonde hair as a sign of her commitment to this new life of poverty and divine love.

The friendship she enjoyed with Francis inspired her to establish her own religious

community, known as the poor Clairs, Claire and her religious

sisters devoted themselves to prayer, penance, and charity for the poor. Her

friendship with Francis proved invaluable to him as well. A great saint

though he was, he needed Claire towards the end of his life as she became his personal

nurse and special caretaker.

How can our friendships bring other people

to commit themselves to a simple way of life like St. Clair. Our father who art in heaven,

howlod be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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