{"product_id":"saint-clare-of-assisi-the-woman-who-gave-up-everything-and-became-one-of-historys-most-beloved-saints-9798197193513","title":"Saint Clare of Assisi: The Woman Who Gave Up Everything-and Became One of History's Most Beloved Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Everly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - Saints \u0026amp; Sainthood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Light in Her Hands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe said no to an empire. She said yes to nothing. And nothing changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Palm Sunday in 1211, the richest girl in Assisi vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare Offreduccio was eighteen. Heiress. Bride. The future her father had carved in gold. One night, she traded it all for scissors, a barefoot beggar, and a vow that would terrify the Church for forty years: *I will own nothing.*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world called her mad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pope called her dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis of Assisi called her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether they lit a fire the world could not put out. He was the voice. She was the flame that refused to go out when the voice went silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen armies climbed her walls, she held up a piece of bread and watched them flee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen cardinals demanded she take money, land, and safety, she told them poverty is my dowry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Francis died and the Order tried to rewrite him, she became his fiercest guardian, protecting his dream with her bare hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen death came for her, the Pope came first - to kneel at her bedside and beg forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe died with nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe died with her hands full of light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the story you learned in Sunday school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a woman who outlived her heart, outlasted her grief, and outmaneuvered the most powerful men on earth without ever leaving her cloister. This is the story of a friendship that had no name, a poverty that was power, and a faith that did not need angels because it learned to stand when the sea did not part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think you know Clare of Assisi, you don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think you know Francis, you can't - until you meet her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think holiness is safe, gentle, and quiet, this book will undo you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaints do not change the world by being polite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey change it by giving up everything they are afraid to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare did. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow she is asking you: \u003cp\u003eWhat are you afraid to give up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of The Hiding Place, Francis: A Life by Paul Sabatier, and anyone who has ever suspected that the Gospel was more dangerous than we were told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe door is open. The sea will not part. The angels may not come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurn the page anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891795935383,"sku":"9798197193513","price":1041.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197193513.webp?v=1781184821","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/saint-clare-of-assisi-the-woman-who-gave-up-everything-and-became-one-of-historys-most-beloved-saints-9798197193513","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}