Welcome
to the official website of the Federation of Our Lady of the
Angels. We are a federation of five Capuchin Poor Clare monasteries in
the United States. Our five monasteries are located in Amarillo, Texas;
Wilmington, Delaware; Denver, Colorado; Pueblo, Colorado; and
Alamo, Texas.
Please visit the different pages of our website to learn more about our
life and spirituality. There you will find detailed information about
each of our monasteries as well as instructions on how to contact us
and send us your prayer intentions.
If you have some interest in becoming a Capuchin Poor Clare or would
like more information, please visit our vocation
section.
As
Capuchin Poor Clares we are called, with all the people of God, to the
fullness of the Christian life and so we consecrate ourselves totally
to God who is supremely loved. The summation of our life is: "To
observe the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, living in obedience,
without anything of our own and in chastity" (Rule of St. Clare). Our
Mother Clare expresses this form of life beautifully in a letter to St.
Agnes of Prague:
What a great and laudable
exchange:
to
leave the things of time for those of eternity,
to
choose the things of heaven for the goods of earth,
to
receive the hundred-fold in place of one,
and
to possess a blessed and eternal life.
As
Capuchin Poor Clares we have been called, in virtue of our vocation, to
a total abandonment to God in solitude and in silence. Through fervent
prayer and generous penance we dedicate our life to God in a
special way. Like St. Clare, our prayer is a never-ending fascination
with the person of Jesus:
Place your mind in the mirror
of eternity;
Place your soul in the splendor
of glory;
Place your heart in the figure
of the divine substance;
And, through contemplation,
transform your entire being
Into the image of the Divine
One Himself,
So that you, yourself, may also
experience what his friends experience
When they taste the hidden
sweetness
That God alone has kept from
the beginning
For those who love Him.
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From the Third Letter of St. Clare to Agnes of Prague
Thank you
for visiting our website. Be sure to check back often as these pages
are updated from time to time. We leave your with the blessing of St.
Clare:
I
Clare, a servant of Christ, a little plant of our most Holy Father
Francis,
a
sister and mother of you and the other poor sisters,
give
you and confirm for you this most holy blessing in heaven and on earth.
I
bless you during my life and after my death, as I am able,
out of
all the blessings with which the Father of mercies has
and
does bless His sons and daughters in heaven and on earth and a
spiritual
father and mother have blessed and bless their spiritual sons and
daughters.
Amen.
Always
be lovers of your souls and those of all your sisters.
And
may you always be eager to observe what you have promised the Lord.
May
the Lord always be with you and may you always be with Him.
Amen.
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since 4/11/06
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