{"id":5165,"date":"2023-08-09T22:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T02:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2023-08-10T18:27:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:27:31","slug":"st-clare-of-assisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/st-clare-of-assisi\/","title":{"rendered":"St Clare of Assisi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/love-him-totally-who-gave-himself-totally-for-you\/attachment\/august_10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/august_10.jpg?fit=594%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"594,599\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1597352428&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"august_10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/august_10.jpg?fit=594%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/august_10.jpg?resize=594%2C599\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008\" width=\"866\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/august_10.jpg?w=594&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/august_10.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/august_10.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Love Him totally, who gave Himself totally for you<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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<p><strong>Our 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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\u2019s compassionate love for others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saint Clare<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Him totally, who gave Himself totally for you 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. Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1lj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3709,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-clare-of-assisi\/","url_meta":{"origin":5165,"position":0},"title":"Saint Clare of Assisi","author":"monks4christ","date":"August 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Love Him totally, who gave Himself totally for you \u201cPlace your mind before the mirror of eternity! 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