| Since by divine inspiration you have made yourselves daughters and servants of the most high King, the heavenly Father, and have taken the Holy Spirit as your spouse, choosing to live according to the perfection of the holy Gospel, I resolve and promise for myself and for my brothers always to have that same loving care and special solicitude for you as for them. |
| Canticles, Exhortations, Writings of St. Francis to the Poor Ladies are taken from : Francis and Clare, The Complete Works, Paulist Press, 1982 |
| Acknowledgements |
| The Form of Life Given to St. Clare and Her Sisters |
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