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“Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe become what we love and who we love shapes what we become”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Clare of Assisi <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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. “Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.” \u201cWe become what we love and who we love shapes what we become” \u201cOur labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. 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