Annual Triduum of St. Clare of Assisi

As we continue to settle into our beautiful new space here in Westwood, we are grateful for your continued support and patience. We would like to welcome you all to attend the annual Triduum of prayer to our Holy Mother Saint Clare which will take place at morning Mass on August 8, 9, & 10 at 7 a.m. On the feast, August 11^th, Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Our present chapel is small but we hope to have a larger chapel in the future. Those who cannot come are encouraged to send in their intentions for the Triduum to be included in our Mass and prayers.

“Why do you not come to me to be healed?”

In an epilogue of the ancient Life of Saint Clare, one of the most endearing miracles in Franciscan History is related. A blind man had a vision in which he heard a beautiful lady saying to him, “Why do you not come to me to be healed?” Upon learning that this lady was the blessed Clare of Assisi, sightless Giacobello eagerly set out to visit her tomb, there to receive what he had so long desired: his vision.

The gracious and gentle Saint Clare is still asking the weak and ill of today, “Why do you not come to me to be healed?” No stranger to suffering, she bore the cross of illness for more than 28 years. This first spiritual daughter of St. Francis still desires to help those who suffer to share as deeply and as fruitfully as she did in the mystery of Christ’s redemptive love.

We Poor Clares continue the great work of our foundress, St. Clare. Every day of our lives we gather into our hearts the needs and hurts of the world. May her powerful intercession obtain for those who suffer the grace to recognize that their sufferings are united with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our model of love and source of peace.