Gloria.tv EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Beautiful Sister Clare Maria
As previously shared in one and another video, Sister Clare of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother Mary died tragically in an earthquake in Ecuador on Sunday, April 17. Fr. Roland Cahoon, …More
As previously shared in one and another video, Sister Clare of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother Mary died tragically in an earthquake in Ecuador on Sunday, April 17. Fr. Roland Cahoon, her Spiritual Director, describes her as, “…a young girl who gave her life to God and died for the Gospel. She was a joyful girl. I’ve known her since she was a teenager.”
The following is written by Julia McCambridge who met Sister Clare Maria while attending World Youth Day in Madrid.
Sr. Clare and Julia McCambridge
April 28th, 2016
My first encounter with Sr. Clare Maria was in 2011, when I was beginning my sophomore year of college. I arrived in Spain as a pilgrim, excited to join the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother for their pilgrimage and participation in World Youth Day in Madrid.
My first recollection of Sr. Clare remains one of complete and radical joy. I witnessed her lively faith, day in and out. One could say that she glowed with faith, and was armed with humility. Her …More
The following is written by Julia McCambridge who met Sister Clare Maria while attending World Youth Day in Madrid.
Sr. Clare and Julia McCambridge
April 28th, 2016
My first encounter with Sr. Clare Maria was in 2011, when I was beginning my sophomore year of college. I arrived in Spain as a pilgrim, excited to join the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother for their pilgrimage and participation in World Youth Day in Madrid.
My first recollection of Sr. Clare remains one of complete and radical joy. I witnessed her lively faith, day in and out. One could say that she glowed with faith, and was armed with humility. Her …More
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REQUIEM aeternam dona ei , Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.
It is in death, especially death caused by natural disasters, that people of faith can not only cope with Sr. Clare Maria's tragedy but even triumph by it.
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The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God’s will when things …More
It is in death, especially death caused by natural disasters, that people of faith can not only cope with Sr. Clare Maria's tragedy but even triumph by it.
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The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God’s will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God. St. John of Avila used to say: “One ‘Blessed be God’ in times of adversity, is worth more than a thousand acts of gratitude in times of prosperity20.”
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Furthermore, we must unite ourselves to God’s will not only in things that come to us directly from his hands, such as sickness, desolation, poverty, death of relatives, but likewise in those we suffer from man—for example, contempt, injustice, loss of reputation, loss of temporal goods and all kinds of persecution. On these occasions we must remember that whilst God does not will the sin, he does will our humiliation, our poverty, or our mortification, as the case may be. It is certain and of faith, that whatever happens, happens by the will of God: “I am the Lord forming the light and creating the darkness, making peace and creating evil21.” From God come all things, good as well as evil. We call adversities evil; actually they are good and meritorious, when we receive them as coming from God’s hands: “Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord hath not done22?” “Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches are from God23.” Uniformity with God's Will
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The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God’s will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God. St. John of Avila used to say: “One ‘Blessed be God’ in times of adversity, is worth more than a thousand acts of gratitude in times of prosperity20.”
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Furthermore, we must unite ourselves to God’s will not only in things that come to us directly from his hands, such as sickness, desolation, poverty, death of relatives, but likewise in those we suffer from man—for example, contempt, injustice, loss of reputation, loss of temporal goods and all kinds of persecution. On these occasions we must remember that whilst God does not will the sin, he does will our humiliation, our poverty, or our mortification, as the case may be. It is certain and of faith, that whatever happens, happens by the will of God: “I am the Lord forming the light and creating the darkness, making peace and creating evil21.” From God come all things, good as well as evil. We call adversities evil; actually they are good and meritorious, when we receive them as coming from God’s hands: “Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord hath not done22?” “Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches are from God23.” Uniformity with God's Will
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Thank you, Julia, you wrote a very beautiful text and you have given to Sr. Clare R.I.P. a chance to continue her mission through this witness about her life which was ended too abruptly.