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Happy Birthday, Pope Francis!
Your Poor Clare Sisters of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, join with our brothers and sisters in Christ and people of good will everywhere to wish our Holy Father Pope Francis a very blessed and happy 77th birthday! May God fill [...]
Advent Waiting…
It's the end of the second week of Advent. At Evening Prayer tonight we lit our rose candle on the Advent Wreath to mark the beginning of the third week and to signify our joy that soon we will celebrate [...]
Second Week of Advent …
As Sr. Mary shared last week we are having a busy but wonderful second week of Advent. On Sunday we had our Advent Healing Prayer Service. It was a cold and rainy night. We began with Adoration at 4 pm [...]
Saturday of the First Week of Advent
While the news is announcing the throngs of crowds going to the Malls and the specials for sale on the Internet (a $450 Starbucks card - 1000 were sold in minutes!) life is quiet at the Monastery. Each time we [...]
First Week of Advent
It does feel like Advent. The days are shorter but there has been some beautiful sun reflected on the bare landscape of this time of year. The days are colder too. On Saturday at Evening Prayer we had the blessing [...]
The Swiftness of Time!
How very quickly time goes by! Here we are living out the last days of November. and about to enter an even darker season of Advent. Where is the light? Where is your light? How can you best give thanks [...]
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