Virtual Novena to Saint Clare of Assisi

Seeking the aid of Saint Clare of Assisi

During this first day of Prayer to Saint Clare we ask for her to open the doors of Heaven for us and illuminate our daily lives with the wisdom, knowledge and fervor to do God's will.
In the beginning of her vocation, Clare escaped from her father's house in the middle of the night. The only door that was safe for her to leave was a door that was impossible for her to open. A heavy barred door that was used only in the time of death to remove the deceased. Normally it took several strong knights with all their strength to open that door - yet Clare a young girl of eighteen did it all by herself.

Well, humanly speaking of course, obviously she had some other help. Today we ask Saint Clare to help us to open the heavy doors that are blocking are passageways to God. We ask her to fill us with that same courage and conviction to move ahead in our walk with Jesus, no matter the obstacles that are before us - to move ahead - in darkness - in impossibility but yet with joy and confidence to give our lives completely and totally to God.