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CALLED BY THE LORD
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The
two disciples heard what he said and followed
Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him
and said to them, "What are you looking for?"
They said to him, "Rabbi, where are you staying?"
He said to them, "Come, and you will see." So
they went and saw where he was staying, and they
stayed with him... -John 1:37-39
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Gathered into the warm embrace of community life, the
postulant learns of the austere and difficult things
that lead to God, but also the joy of those who walk
along this way, led by Christ's unfailing light.
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Afterwards, her hair having been cut and secular dress
laid aside, she enters more fully into the Gospel life
of a Poor Clare as a novice. Under the kind and watchful
guidance of the Novice Mistress, the little plant of
Saint Francis learns to turn her face to the sun and to
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