Sant'Agnese d'Assisi Di fronte a San Damiano... Dipinto di Dino Carbetta

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“Saint Agnes of Assisi In front of San Damiano ... Painting by Dino Carbetta” …

When St Clare received the veil in 1212, she left a young sister of fourteen named Agnes behind her at home. In answer to Clare's prayers and inspired by God, Agnes left for the same convent only 16 days later. Saint Francis gave Clare’s sister the name Agnes because she was gentle like a young lamb. St Francis then led the two maidens to St Damian's convent, where he also gave the holy habit to Agnes. She now endeavored to imitate her saintly sister in everything and devoted all her spare time to prayer and contemplation. She lived a very austere life, partaking only of bread and water, and wearing coarse clothing. St Francis soon recognized the rich treasure of virtue hidden in this privileged soul. When a new convent was to be founded in Florence, St Francis sent Agnes, despite her youth. Saint Agnes of Assisi was favored with many extraordinary graces by God. In the great fervor of her devotion, she often elevated above the earth. From Holy Thursday until Holy Saturday she was once so found in rapture in the contemplation of the sufferings of Christ that she was under the impression she had spent only an hour in this mystical state. Agnes matched her sister in devotion to prayer and in willingness to endure the strict penances that characterized the Poor Ladies’ lives at San Damiano. When a group of Benedictine nuns in Monticelli asked to become Poor Ladies, Clare sent Agnes to become abbess of the monastery. Agnes soon wrote a rather sad letter about how much she missed Clare and the other nuns at San Damiano. After establishing monasteries in northern Italy, Agnes was recalled to San Damiano in 1253, as Clare lay dying. In her last moments Clare addressed her sister in these words, "My beloved sister, it is the will of God that I go, but be comforted, you will soon come and rejoin me with our Lord." Three months later Agnes followed her sister to eternity on November 16, 1253.

Copyright: c.Dino Carbetta
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“Saint Agnes of Assisi In front of San Damiano ... Painting by Dino Carbetta” …<br />
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When St Clare received the veil in 1212, she left a young sister of fourteen named Agnes behind her at home. In answer to Clare's prayers and inspired by God, Agnes left for the same convent only 16 days later. Saint Francis gave Clare’s sister the name Agnes because she was gentle like a young lamb. St Francis then led the two maidens to St Damian's convent, where he also gave the holy habit to Agnes. She now endeavored to imitate her saintly sister in everything and devoted all her spare time to prayer and contemplation. She lived a very austere life, partaking only of bread and water, and wearing coarse clothing. St Francis soon recognized the rich treasure of virtue hidden in this privileged soul. When a new convent was to be founded in Florence, St Francis sent Agnes, despite her youth. Saint Agnes of Assisi was favored with many extraordinary graces by God. In the great fervor of her devotion, she often elevated above the earth. From Holy Thursday until Holy Saturday she was once so found in rapture in the contemplation of the sufferings of Christ that she was under the impression she had spent only an hour in this mystical state. Agnes matched her sister in devotion to prayer and in willingness to endure the strict penances that characterized the Poor Ladies’ lives at San Damiano. When a group of Benedictine nuns in Monticelli asked to become Poor Ladies, Clare sent Agnes to become abbess of the monastery. Agnes soon wrote a rather sad letter about how much she missed Clare and the other nuns at San Damiano. After establishing monasteries in northern Italy, Agnes was recalled to San Damiano in 1253, as Clare lay dying. In her last moments Clare addressed her sister in these words, "My beloved sister, it is the will of God that I go, but be comforted, you will soon come and rejoin me with our Lord." Three months later Agnes followed her sister to eternity on November 16, 1253.

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