Catholic Family Devotions

Understanding the Day

Season

Time After Pentecost

Week

Week 12 of Time After Pentecost

Rank

Feast

St. Clare’s feast falls in the Time after Pentecost, the long season in which the Church reflects on the life of the Church, the growth of Christian virtue, and how the Holy Spirit guides daily discipleship. There is no octave or vigil noted for this entry, so the observance is for the day itself. Celebrating St. Clare matters because it highlights a Christian model of committed virginity, prayerful dependence on God, and service within community.

Daily Prayer

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Weekly Prayer

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Weekly Formation

The Theological Virtues

Faith
Faith is the infused virtue by which the mind firmly assents to the truths God has revealed because He can neither deceive nor be deceived. It rests on God’s authority and gives the foundation by which the believer knows Him and orders life toward Him.
Hope
Hope is the infused virtue by which a person confidently expects eternal life and the graces needed to reach it, relying on God’s goodness, promises, and power. It stands between despair, which distrusts mercy, and presumption, which expects heaven without conversion and grace.
Charity
Charity is the infused virtue by which God is loved above all things for His own sake and one’s neighbor is loved for God. It gives supernatural life to the other virtues by directing the whole person toward friendship with God and eternal union with Him.

Saint & Feast

Principal celebration

Clare

St. Clare, Virgin

Italian saint

Born: 1194-07-16 · Assisi
Died: 1253-08-11 · Assisi

Chiara Offreduccio, known as Clare of Assisi, is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi.

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Today in Church History

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Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Catechism reminds us that conscience is a judgment of reason by which we recognize the moral quality of our concrete actions. We must always obey its certain judgment, while also remembering that conscience can remain in ignorance or make errors. Such errors may arise through neglect of what is true and good, bad example, enslavement to passions, rejection of the Church’s teaching, or a lack of conversion and charity. For our daily devotion, we can ask God to form our consciences through his Word, received in faith and prayer and put into practice. A well-formed conscience is upright and truthful, enlightened by true faith, with a pure heart and sincere faith. Even when we have done evil, the verdict of conscience can remain a pledge of conversion and hope.

The Catechism teaches that virtues are firm, habitual dispositions that guide us toward the good, helping us choose good actions in daily life. Among them, the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance have a pivotal role in shaping moral conduct. Prudence helps us discern our true good and choose the right means; justice forms a steady will to give God and neighbor their due; fortitude gives firmness in difficulties and constancy in pursuing the good; and temperance brings balance to our desires and use of created goods. Through education, deliberate acts, repeated effort, and God’s grace, we can grow in these virtues. Christ’s gift of salvation gives us the grace needed to persevere, as we ask for light and strength, receive the sacraments, and cooperate with the Holy Spirit.

¶ 1796

Conscience is a judgment of reason by which the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act.

Today's Mass Readings

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Understanding the Day

Daily Prayer

Weekly Prayer

Weekly Formation

The Theological Virtues

The Theological Virtues

Saint & Feast

Clare

Today in Church History

Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Today's Mass Readings

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