The Son of God became for us
the way which our blessed Father Francis, his true
ardent lover and imitator, has shown and taught us by
word and example.
-Testament of our Mother Saint Clare
O my dearly loved daughters,
know then, your holy vocation, your great dignity and
high state of perfection!
-Testament of our Mother Saint Colette |
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The formation of cloistered
nuns is aimed at preparing them for total consecration
of self to God in the following of Christ, according to
the form of life ordered solely to contemplation...
-Verbi
Sponsa |
The Abbess must
solicitously provide a Mistress from among all the more
discerning of the monastery who shall devotedly form
them in holy living and becoming behavior according to
the form of our profession.
-Rule of Saint Clare |